[0/2] Drop git-make-shallow and update docs

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Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Drop git-make-shallow and update docs
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:47:24 +0100
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Paul Barker April 24, 2026, 12:47 p.m. UTC

The git-make-shallow command hasn't been in use since 2024. I've
confirmed this is not used anywhere else in bitbake or our core layers,
so it should be safe to drop.

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Paul Barker (2):
      Drop git-make-shallow
      doc: Fix description of git shallow mirror tarball creation

 bin/git-make-shallow                               | 175 ---------------------
 .../bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst          |   5 +-
 lib/bb/fetch2/git.py                               |   1 -
 lib/bb/tests/fetch.py                              |  87 ----------
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 265 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 941cfe74c19e01e977101e95b09425d21faf844d
change-id: 20260424-make-shallow-305d7a2ded7f

Best regards,
--  
Paul Barker