Hi John, > OK, but the build-aux/bootstrap script distributed with gnulib > includes the code ... > git clone -h 2>&1 | grep -- --depth > /dev/null && shallow='--depth 2' > git clone $shallow git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib "$gnulib_path" || > ... > Shouldn't the bootstrap script use the recommended way of cloning a > fresh copy of gnulib?
The use of --depth was introduced in 2007: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2007-10/msg00435.html> > In that case, it would be great if the --depth option worked... I seem to > recall that it did in the past, so maybe this is a savannah problem. Maybe. Jim? Bruno -- In memoriam Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Schenk_Graf_von_Stauffenberg>
