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Taps.md: Update cloning details
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<!-- vale Homebrew.Terms = OFF -->
<!-- The `terms` lint suggests changing "repo" to "repository". But we need the abbreviation in the tap syntax and URL example. -->
* `brew tap <user/repo>` makes a shallow clone of the repository at
* `brew tap <user/repo>` 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
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about how `brew tap` handles the names of repositories.)
<!-- vale Homebrew.Terms = ON -->
* `brew tap <user/repo> <URL>` makes a shallow clone of the repository at URL.
* `brew tap <user/repo> <URL>` 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.)