Github user arteam commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/maven-scm/pull/56
I like the proposal, but I am a a little bit confused. Does the new
parameter should be added to the `executeCheckOutCommand` method (like
`recursive`) and be implemented by the all
GitHub user arteam opened a pull request:
https://github.com/apache/maven-scm/pull/56
[SCM-739] Use shallow clones when cloning a git repo
For `maven-release-plugin` we don't need the whole history, but only the
top commit. Using `--depth 1` allows to perform releases much f