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docs: clarify that passing --depth to git-clone implies --single-branch
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It is confusing to document how --depth behaves as part of the
--single-branch docs. Better move that part to the --depth docs, saying
that it implies --single-branch by default.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sebastian Schuberth authored and Junio C Hamano committed Jan 7, 2016
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--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
specified number of revisions.
specified number of revisions. Implies `--single-branch` unless
`--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
tips of all branches.

--[no-]single-branch::
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
either specified by the `--branch` option or the primary
branch remote's `HEAD` points at. When creating a shallow
clone with the `--depth` option, this is the default, unless
`--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
tips of all branches.
branch remote's `HEAD` points at.
Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the
remote-tracking branch for the branch this option was used for the
initial cloning. If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any
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