What is the difference between shallow clone (git clone –depth) and a full clone?

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What is the difference between shallow clone (git clone –depth) and a full clone?

Key points

  • Shallow clones reduce download size by omitting historical data
  • Full clones enable comprehensive operations like `git bisect`
  • Commit history depth is the key differentiator
  • Certain Git operations are incompatible with shallow clones

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