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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index ba1fe49582..a83d2b4778 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched. --unshallow:: - Convert a shallow repository to a complete one, removing all - the limitations imposed by shallow repositories. + If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow + repository to a complete one, removing all the limitations + imposed by shallow repositories. ++ +If the source repository is shallow, fetch as much as possible so that +the current repository has the same history as the source repository. ifndef::git-pull[] --dry-run:: |