init: change --depth default to 1 for manifest repo

People rarely care about the history of the manifest repo.  Change
the default to 1 to speed up initial setup.  If people really want
the full history, they can pass --manifest-depth=0.

We can't reuse the existing --depth option because that applies to
all projects we clone, not just the manifest repo.

Bug: https://crbug.com/gerrit/16193
Change-Id: Ideab1712e9ffc743b9bae97903e074d7d429b134
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/343435
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>
Reviewed-by: LaMont Jones <lamontjones@google.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man/repo-init.1 b/man/repo-init.1
index 32b3ea1b..0d45bf78 100644
--- a/man/repo-init.1
+++ b/man/repo-init.1
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ sync any submodules associated with the manifest repo
 \fB\-\-standalone\-manifest\fR
 download the manifest as a static file rather then
 create a git checkout of the manifest repo
+.TP
+\fB\-\-manifest\-depth\fR=\fI\,DEPTH\/\fR
+create a shallow clone of the manifest repo with given
+depth; see git clone (default: 1)
 .SS Manifest (only) checkout options:
 .TP
 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-current\-branch\fR