Re: Move to git is imminent - awaiting Stefan's approval

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:27:22 +0100
> From: Sven Axelsson <address@hidden>
> Cc: Andreas Schwab <address@hidden>, emacs <address@hidden>
> 
> Depth 1 truncates all history except for the most recent
> commit.

I think it keeps the 2 last commits, try "git log" in such a clone.

> From `man git clone`:
> 
> 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.

For these reasons, this kind of repository is not recommended for
"Emacs devs".