From bac58749bb2cd04720a4d5a1f58ebc428869f9a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Stephen P. Smith" <ischis2@cox.net> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:54:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] glossary: define the term shallow clone There are several places in the documentation that the term shallow clone is used. Defining the term enables its use elsewhere with a known definition. Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt index 4e0b971824..c408d72582 100644 --- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt +++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt @@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`. "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function. In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>. +[[def_shallow_clone]]shallow clone:: + Mostly a synonym to <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>> + but the phrase makes it more explicit that it was created by + running `git clone --depth=...` command. + [[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository:: A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete history some of whose <<def_commit,commits>> have <<def_parent,parents>> cauterized away (in other -- 2.40.0