Shallow update not allowed (git > 1.9)

Question

There are a lot of answers stating that git 1.9 removes limitations of shallow clones. Nevertheless, I\'m using 2.6.1 and still having the following basic issue:

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Answer 1

Use git merge --squash.

If your remote is shallow and you want to merge from it, compress that merge into a single commit without the need to copy a history of commits (which shallow refs hide).