Re: [PATCH] fetch: add config to avoid fetching every branch in shallow repo

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 22, 2026, 14:53 UTC
Message-ID: <15c85d2d-4fb0-427d-b52e-8e4dd958dcb9@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAHwyqnUVkVUjKCiN7YT3tkvHEVCQwb3jDGM0OTojPxptFKrsLQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 22/09/2026 14:00, Harald Nordgren wrote:

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>>> If it is the former then we should think
>>> how we can improve the behavior of "git remote add" in a sparse
>>> repository to prevent it adding a wildcard fetch refspec and instead
>>> setup the new remote to fetch only the branch(es) we're interested in.
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>> I didn't even consider that, that sounds like an interesting idea!
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> Would you suggest we do that instead of this, or in addition to this
> fix?

I'd say instead - if we can fix "git remote add" then the problem shouldn't arise in the first place which is better than having an opt-in config option that most users are probably unaware of.

Thanks

Phillip

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> Seems maybe we only need the fix on "git remote add".
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> Harald