Merge branch 'ss/user-manual' into maint

Drop a few old "todo" items by deciding that the change one of them
suggests is not such a good idea, and doing the change the other
one suggested to do.

* ss/user-manual:
  user-manual: add addition gitweb information
  user-manual: add section documenting shallow clones
  glossary: define the term shallow clone
  user-manual: remove temporary branch entry from todo list

2 files changed, 36 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index e225974253..cafc284359 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -531,6 +531,11 @@ 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
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 1c790ac74a..ec6bacfcdf 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2125,8 +2125,37 @@ Allowing web browsing of a repository
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The gitweb cgi script provides users an easy way to browse your
-project's files and history without having to install Git; see the file
-gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree for instructions on setting it up.
+project's revisions, file contents and logs without having to install
+Git. Features like RSS/Atom feeds and blame/annotation details may
+optionally be enabled.
+
+The linkgit:git-instaweb[1] command provides a simple way to start
+browsing the repository using gitweb. The default server when using
+instaweb is lighttpd.
+
+See the file gitweb/INSTALL in the Git source tree and
+linkgit:gitweb[1] for instructions on details setting up a permament
+installation with a CGI or Perl capable server.
+
+[[how-to-get-a-git-repository-with-minimal-history]]
+How to get a Git repository with minimal history
+------------------------------------------------
+
+A <<def_shallow_clone,shallow clone>>, with its truncated
+history, is useful when one is interested only in recent history
+of a project and getting full history from the upstream is
+expensive.
+
+A <<def_shallow_clone,shallow clone>> is created by specifying
+the linkgit:git-clone[1] `--depth` switch. The depth can later be
+changed with the linkgit:git-fetch[1] `--depth` switch, or full
+history restored with `--unshallow`.
+
+Merging inside a <<def_shallow_clone,shallow clone>> will work as long
+as a merge base is in the recent history.
+Otherwise, it will be like merging unrelated histories and may
+have to result in huge conflicts.  This limitation may make such
+a repository unsuitable to be used in merge based workflows.
 
 [[sharing-development-examples]]
 Examples
@@ -4636,23 +4665,15 @@ Scan email archives for other stuff left out
 Scan man pages to see if any assume more background than this manual
 provides.
 
-Simplify beginning by suggesting disconnected head instead of
-temporary branch creation?
-
 Add more good examples.  Entire sections of just cookbook examples
 might be a good idea; maybe make an "advanced examples" section a
 standard end-of-chapter section?
 
 Include cross-references to the glossary, where appropriate.
 
-Document shallow clones?  See draft 1.5.0 release notes for some
-documentation.
-
 Add a section on working with other version control systems, including
 CVS, Subversion, and just imports of series of release tarballs.
 
-More details on gitweb?
-
 Write a chapter on using plumbing and writing scripts.
 
 Alternates, clone -reference, etc.