--- /usr/portage/eclass/git.eclass	2009-02-19 18:36:00.000000000 +0100
+++ git.eclass	2009-03-18 23:37:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 ## -- EGIT_FETCH_CMD:  git clone command
 #
-EGIT_FETCH_CMD="git clone --bare --depth 1"
+EGIT_FETCH_CMD="git clone --bare"
 
 ## -- EGIT_UPDATE_CMD:  git fetch command
 #
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@
 	[[ -z ${EGIT_REPO_URI##*/} ]] && EGIT_REPO_URI="${EGIT_REPO_URI%/}"
 	EGIT_CLONE_DIR="${EGIT_PROJECT}"
 
+	# determine whether to perform shallow clone
+	local EGIT_FETCH_OPTS
+	if [[ ${EGIT_BRANCH} = ${EGIT_TREE} ]] && [[ ${EGIT_BRANCH} = master ]] ; then
+		EGIT_FETCH_OPTS="--depth 1"
+	fi
+
 	debug-print "${FUNCNAME}: EGIT_OPTIONS = \"${EGIT_OPTIONS}\""
 
 	export GIT_DIR="${EGIT_STORE_DIR}/${EGIT_CLONE_DIR}"
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@
 		einfo "git clone start -->"
 		einfo "   repository: ${EGIT_REPO_URI}"
 
-		${EGIT_FETCH_CMD} ${EGIT_OPTIONS} "${EGIT_REPO_URI}" ${EGIT_PROJECT} \
+		${EGIT_FETCH_CMD} ${EGIT_FETCH_OPTS} ${EGIT_OPTIONS} "${EGIT_REPO_URI}" ${EGIT_PROJECT} \
 			|| die "${EGIT}: can't fetch from ${EGIT_REPO_URI}."
 
 		# We use --bare cloning, so git doesn't do this for us.