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

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:55:00 -0800

Patrick Steinhardt <[email-masked]> writes:

> 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.

Ah, I missed that one.  Let me locally amend, as there does not seem
to be any other issues.