docs: clarify that --depth for git-fetch works with newly initialized repos

sschuberth · gitster · commit 60253a605d23 · 2016-01-08T12:40:12.000-08:00
The original wording sounded as if --depth could only be used to deepen or shorten the history of existing repos. However, that is not the case. In a workflow like $ git init $ git remote add origin https://github.com/git/git.git $ git fetch --depth=1 The newly initialized repo is properly created as a shallow repo. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 	option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
 
 --depth=<depth>::
-	Deepen or shorten the history of a 'shallow' repository created by
-	`git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
-	to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
-	branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
+	Limit fetching to the specified number of commits from the tip of
+	each remote branch history. If fetching to a 'shallow' repository
+	created by `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see
+	linkgit:git-clone[1]), deepen or shorten the history to the specified
+	number of commits. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
 
 --unshallow::
 	If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
