RE: [PATCH v3 3/4] gitfaq: shallow cloning a repository
On April 21, 2020 4:58 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] gitfaq: shallow cloning a repository
> "Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com> writes:
>
> >> I have a feeling that --depth/shallow is deprecated/frowned upon
> >> these
> > days
> >> and more people recommend partial/blob-less clones instead (a few
> >> random people added to Cc: to see if they want to say something here).
> >
> > I rather hate to chime in as a dissenting opinion,...
>
> Oh, don't hate anything. It is greatly appreciated so that we can cover
> such and such use case, this solution is good" variants for
> but-fundamentally-different classes of problems. We do not want to give a
> spinal-reflex answer of "use shallow" (or "use partial", for that matter)
> "too large a repo"
> question without contexts that guide the readers to a better choice.
>
> That is where a well-organized FAQ list shines.
I have spoken on this topic and can probably share some of it.
Randall S. Becker <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>