From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 21:45:43 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge branch 'sb/clone-shallow-passthru'
X-Git-Tag: v2.9.0-rc0~69
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5f3b21c1119abc7e19c988b399c7726d47bbb0d1;p=git

Merge branch 'sb/clone-shallow-passthru'

"git clone" learned "--shallow-submodules" option.

* sb/clone-shallow-passthru:
  clone: add `--shallow-submodules` flag
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5f3b21c1119abc7e19c988b399c7726d47bbb0d1
diff --cc Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 45d74be297,e1a21b7de1..1b15cd7b16
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@@ -189,9 -190,11 +189,11 @@@ objects from the source repository int
  
  --depth <depth>::
  	Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
 -	specified number of revisions. Implies `--single-branch` unless
 +	specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless
  	`--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
- 	tips of all branches.
+ 	tips of all branches. This implies `--shallow-submodules`. If
+ 	you want to have a shallow superproject clone, but full submodules,
+ 	also pass `--no-shallow-submodules`.
  
  --[no-]single-branch::
  	Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,