{"thread":{"id":"48033","subject":"[GSoC][Project Idea] Multipart and resumable download while using git clone or pull","startedAt":"2018-03-13T18:02:04Z","lastAt":"2018-03-13T18:02:04Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Varun Garg"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"341559","messageId":"DM5PR1901MB2167AABED6918A8DAB6E7027F2D20@DM5PR1901MB2167.namprd19.prod.outlook.com","threadId":"48033","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[GSoC][Project Idea] Multipart and resumable download while using git clone or pull","fromName":"Varun Garg","fromEmail":"varun.10@live.com","sentAt":"2018-03-13T18:01:55Z","receivedAt":"2018-03-13T18:02:04Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"varun.10@live.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nMy name is Varun Garg and am a student in Software Engineering. During 2017 I participated in GSoC at Eclipse Foundation [1] and still contribute occasionally [2]. I have also submitted a micro project here last year[3].\n\nI would like to add functionality of \"Multipart and resumable download while using git clone or pull\" in git.\n\nMotivation:\nThe motivation behind this idea came to me when I was downloading linux kernel. Even with shallow clone (--depth=1), the number of objects was too large. Many times we need access to older commits. It is also difficult to update shallow cloned repos [4]. And ssh option is not available behind many firewalls.\n\nDownloading objects incrementally is too slow and we can speed this process by downloading them in parallel (multi part) and adding a resume option will also be lifesaver.\n\nI am looking forward to take this project.\n\n[1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/projects/5762172684599296/\n[2] https://github.com/eclipse/omr/pulls?q=author%3AVarun-garg\n[3] https://public-inbox.org/git/CY1PR19MB01289DCA6C08CDC9F07C6D7DF2340@CY1PR19MB0128.namprd19.prod.outlook.com/\n[4] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41075972/how-to-update-a-git-shallow-clone\n\nWith Best Regards,\nVarun Garg "}]}