When the user passes --depth to git-clone the server's capabilities are not currently consulted. The client will send shallow requests even if the server does not understand them, and the resulting error may be unhelpful to the user. This change pre-emptively checks so git-clone can exit with a helpful error if necessary. Signed-off-by: Mike Edgar <adgar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/clone.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index b878252..b4e9846 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) refs = transport_get_remote_refs(transport); + if (option_depth && !is_local && !server_supports("shallow")) + die(_("Server does not support shallow clients")); + if (refs) { mapped_refs = wanted_peer_refs(refs, refspec); /* -- 2.2.0.rc0.207.ga3a616c -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html