diff --git a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
index 7e81789..6a9f4b0 100644
--- a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
@@ -1015,9 +1015,11 @@ not the expected package version"" (${NOTE}${today}git${NORM})..."
    notify.note \
       "${NOTE}"$"cloning git repository""\
  <$git_repository> ${git_branch:+($git_branch)}${NORM}""..."
-   if [ "$preserve_dot_git" = "0" ]; then
+   if [ "$preserve_dot_git" = "0" -a "${git_repository:0:4}" != "http" ]; then
+      notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: git clone --depth=1 ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} \"$git_repository\""
       git clone --depth=1 ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} "$git_repository"
    else
+      notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: git clone ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} \"$git_repository\""
       git clone ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} "$git_repository"   
    fi
    [ $? -eq 0 ] ||