{"thread":{"id":"22718","subject":"16gig 350,000 file git repo","startedAt":"2010-02-18T20:16:06Z","lastAt":"2010-02-18T20:17:11Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Bill Lear"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"134999","messageId":"19325.40966.804154.791489@blake.zopyra.com","threadId":"22718","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"16gig 350,000 file git repo","fromName":"Bill Lear","fromEmail":"rael@zopyra.com","sentAt":"2010-02-18T20:16:06Z","receivedAt":"2010-02-18T20:16:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rael@zopyra.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2d2790ca3828d3b4e7dfebabf61d2fe94fd82fa49cdac2a5295dd2d46a874?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"We have just pulled in a large ClearCase repository (no history),\nresulting in 16 gig of files, mostly test cases, in a fairly\ndeeply-nested directory structure.  Time to clone over a fast (10gig)\nnetwork is 250 minutes, though I have not been able to verify that the\nrepository was packed or not.\n\nWe would like to be able to branch the entire repository as one entity,\nbut are unsure how to reduce the clone time without going to submodules\nor subtrees (have no experience with the latter and little with the\nformer).\n\nIs there anything that can be done to be able to clone only a part of\nthe repository?\n\nAny suggestions on how to better manage this?\n\nThanks.\n\n\nBill\n"},{"id":"135000","messageId":"19325.41031.591008.53690@blake.zopyra.com","threadId":"22718","inReplyTo":"19325.40966.804154.791489@blake.zopyra.com","subject":"Re: 16gig 350,000 file git repo","fromName":"Bill Lear","fromEmail":"rael@zopyra.com","sentAt":"2010-02-18T20:17:11Z","receivedAt":"2010-02-18T20:17:11Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"rael@zopyra.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/c4f2d2790ca3828d3b4e7dfebabf61d2fe94fd82fa49cdac2a5295dd2d46a874?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"[Sorry for the multiple post.  Emacs ambushed me.]\nOn Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 14:16:06 (-0600) Bill Lear writes:\n>We have just pulled in a large ClearCase repository (no history),\n>[...]\n"}]}