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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fetch-options.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-clone.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-prune.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt7
6 files changed, 32 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ed59853190..5f4d7939ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -2030,6 +2030,10 @@ receive.updateserverinfo::
If set to true, git-receive-pack will run git-update-server-info
after receiving data from git-push and updating refs.
+receive.shallowupdate::
+ If set to true, .git/shallow can be updated when new refs
+ require new shallow roots. Otherwise those refs are rejected.
+
remote.pushdefault::
The remote to push to by default. Overrides
`branch.<name>.remote` for all branches, and is overridden by
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index f0ef7d02a5..92c68c3fda 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,18 @@
branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
--unshallow::
- Convert a shallow repository to a complete one, removing all
- the limitations imposed by shallow repositories.
+ If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
+ repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations
+ imposed by shallow repositories.
++
+If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that
+the current repository has the same history as the source repository.
+
+--update-shallow::
+ By default when fetching from a shallow repository,
+ `git fetch` refuses refs that require updating
+ .git/shallow. This option updates .git/shallow and accept such
+ refs.
ifndef::git-pull[]
--dry-run::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 450f158779..49878570bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -181,12 +181,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
- specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a
- number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
- it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
- are only interested in the recent history of a large project
- with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
- as patches.
+ specified number of revisions.
--[no-]single-branch::
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-prune.txt b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
index bf824108c1..058ac0dc85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-prune.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-prune.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ objects unreachable from any of these head objects from the object database.
In addition, it
prunes the unpacked objects that are also found in packs by
running 'git prune-packed'.
+It also removes entries from .git/shallow that are not reachable by
+any ref.
Note that unreachable, packed objects will remain. If this is
not desired, see linkgit:git-repack[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index f1f4ca9727..c2908db763 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@ set by Git if the remote helper has the 'option' capability.
'option check-connectivity' \{'true'|'false'\}::
Request the helper to check connectivity of a clone.
+'option cloning \{'true'|'false'\}::
+ Notify the helper this is a clone request (i.e. the current
+ repository is guaranteed empty).
+
+'option update-shallow \{'true'|'false'\}::
+ Allow to extend .git/shallow if the new refs require it.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-remote[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index b898e97988..c73b62f5e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ MUST peel the ref if it's an annotated tag.
----
advertised-refs = (no-refs / list-of-refs)
+ *shallow
flush-pkt
no-refs = PKT-LINE(zero-id SP "capabilities^{}"
@@ -174,6 +175,8 @@ MUST peel the ref if it's an annotated tag.
other-tip = obj-id SP refname LF
other-peeled = obj-id SP refname "^{}" LF
+ shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
+
capability-list = capability *(SP capability)
capability = 1*(LC_ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "_")
LC_ALPHA = %x61-7A
@@ -461,7 +464,9 @@ contain all the objects that the server will need to complete the new
references.
----
- update-request = command-list [pack-file]
+ update-request = *shallow command-list [pack-file]
+
+ shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
command-list = PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list LF)
*PKT-LINE(command LF)