Use relative date with git clone --shallow-since

Question

Can I use a relative date in git clone's --shallow-since=<date> (e.g. sth like one-year-ago)?

Command substitution (like $(one-year-ago-command) in bash and PowerShell or `one-year-ago-command` in bash) is no real alternative as I'm using cmd and for /f is a pain in the a**.

Answer 1

Yes, you can do that. It works with the same <date> formats you can pass to e.g. git log --since=<date>.

For example:

git clone --shallow-since="1 week ago" <url>

This works with Git version 2.20.1.

See also:

• Is it possible to do a shallow git clone based on datetime?
• git log --since=<date> options
• Specification for syntax of git dates