diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0562fe4..254393c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Changes in version 1.12.6
     Do not use the operator '|&'. Use instead '2>&1 |' which is compatible at
     least with bash 3.2.
 
++ update
+  * lib/libnetwork.lib - Davide Madrisan:
+    Clone the entire git repository when the option '--preserve-dot-git' is
+    selected by user.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Changes in version 1.12.5
diff --git a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
index 88cdd2c..908a57e 100644
--- a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
@@ -924,7 +924,11 @@ function git.create_tarball() {
    notify.note \
       "${NOTE}"$"cloning git repository""\
  <$git_repository> ${git_branch:+($git_branch)}${NORM}""..."
-   git clone --depth=1 ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} "$git_repository"
+   if [ "$preserve_dot_git" = "0" ]; then
+      git clone --depth=1 ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} "$git_repository"
+   else
+      git clone ${git_branch:+-b $git_branch} "$git_repository"   
+   fi
    [ $? -eq 0 ] ||
     { popd &>/dev/null
       rm -fr $tmpgitdir