From a39c0dc49f632353cf19f688532ca58a5686c1cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Ho Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 20:31:05 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] Taps.md: Update cloning details Since shallow cloning is now neither recommended nor the default, I've removed all mentions of cloning type. --- docs/Taps.md | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/Taps.md b/docs/Taps.md index d10e6fbb69..a91e51cee1 100644 --- a/docs/Taps.md +++ b/docs/Taps.md @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dunn/emacs -* `brew tap ` makes a shallow clone of the repository at +* `brew tap ` makes a clone of the repository at https://github.com/user/homebrew-repo. After that, `brew` will be able to work on those formulae as if they were in Homebrew's canonical repository. You can install and uninstall them with `brew [un]install`, and the formulae are @@ -26,15 +26,11 @@ dunn/emacs about how `brew tap` handles the names of repositories.) -* `brew tap ` makes a shallow clone of the repository at URL. +* `brew tap ` makes a clone of the repository at URL. Unlike the one-argument version, URL is not assumed to be GitHub, and it doesn't have to be HTTP. Any location and any protocol that Git can handle is fine. -* Add `--full` to either the one- or two-argument invocations above to have Git - make a complete clone rather than a shallow one. Full is the default for - Homebrew developers. - * `brew tap --repair` migrates tapped formulae from a symlink-based to directory-based structure. (This should only need to be run once.)