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glossary: define the term shallow clone

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There are several places in the documentation that
the term shallow clone is used. Defining the term
enables its use elsewhere with a known definition.

Signed-off-by: Stephen P. Smith <ischis2@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -504,6 +504,11 @@ The most notable example is `HEAD`.
"Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function.
In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
[[def_shallow_clone]]shallow clone::
Mostly a synonym to <<def_shallow_repository,shallow repository>>
but the phrase makes it more explicit that it was created by
running `git clone --depth=...` command.
[[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository::
A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete
history some of whose <<def_commit,commits>> have <<def_parent,parents>> cauterized away (in other