gitmodules: clarify what history depth a shallow clone has

sschuberth · gitster · commit 8d3047cd5bfa · 2017-04-19T19:00:54.000-07:00
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth &lt;sschuberth@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano &lt;gitster@pobox.com&gt;
diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
 
 submodule.<name>.shallow::
 	When set to true, a clone of this submodule will be performed as a
-	shallow clone unless the user explicitly asks for a non-shallow
-	clone.
+	shallow clone (with a history depth of 1) unless the user explicitly
+	asks for a non-shallow clone.
 
 
 EXAMPLES
