def_object_name">object name</a>.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><a id="def_shallow_clone"></a>shallow clone</dt>
<dd>
<p>Mostly a synonym to <a href="#def_shallow_repository">shallow repository</a>
but the phrase makes it more explicit that it was created by
running <code>git clone --depth=...</code> command.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1"><a id="def_shallow_repository"></a>shallow repository</dt>
<dd>
<p>A shallow <a href="#def_repository">repository</a> has an incomplete
history some of whose <a href="#def