Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] doc: correct misleading descriptions for --shallow-exclude

From: Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 07:27:59 +0100

On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 07:02:44PM +0000, Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c
> index 59fcb317a68..93fe6d69659 100644
> --- a/builtin/clone.c
> +++ b/builtin/clone.c
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = {
>  		    N_("create a shallow clone of that depth")),
>  	OPT_STRING(0, "shallow-since", &option_since, N_("time"),
>  		    N_("create a shallow clone since a specific time")),
> -	OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "shallow-exclude", &option_not, N_("revision"),
> +	OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "shallow-exclude", &option_not, N_("ref"),
>  			N_("deepen history of shallow clone, excluding rev")),

We also need to replace "rev" with "ref" here. We already do that in the
other cases.

Patrick