{"thread":{"id":"32187","subject":"Know how much to download before clonig","startedAt":"2012-11-24T12:02:57Z","lastAt":"2012-11-24T18:10:21Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["arif","Shawn Pearce"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"203764","messageId":"k8qd1l$l7o$1@ger.gmane.org","threadId":"32187","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Know how much to download before clonig","fromName":"arif","fromEmail":"aftnix@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-11-24T12:02:57Z","receivedAt":"2012-11-24T12:02:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"aftnix@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/7028ed696aeb1eb50ffbf5f7c6332488896b7784548d55311cb4904579d92902?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi,\nIs there any way so that i can tell how much i have to download to\nobtain a full clone (not a shallow one) of a respository?\n-- \nCheers\narif\n"},{"id":"203769","messageId":"CAJo=hJvnDkbEW4u_c3xC9YUQwg=YCxLA2H+GGXTKm2fC61ooUg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"32187","inReplyTo":"k8qd1l$l7o$1@ger.gmane.org","subject":"Re: Know how much to download before clonig","fromName":"Shawn Pearce","fromEmail":"spearce@spearce.org","sentAt":"2012-11-24T18:10:21Z","receivedAt":"2012-11-24T18:10:21Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"spearce@spearce.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34844?v=4"},"body":"On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 4:02 AM, arif <aftnix@gmail.com> wrote:\n> Is there any way so that i can tell how much i have to download to\n> obtain a full clone (not a shallow one) of a respository?\n\nAsk the repository owner to tell you?\n\nThere is no information sent by the server about size of repository,\nso no, you can't really know without having the repository owner tell\nyou through some other side channel.\n"}]}