From: Shawn O. Pearce Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:48:41 GMT Subject: Re: git-clone --how-much-disk-space-will-this-cost-me? [--depth n] Message-ID: <20081217164841.GH32487@spearce.org> In-Reply-To: Nicolas Pitre wrote: > > Its also not easy to > > implement, which is why we've only been talking about it for years > > and never actually seen a patch proposing to do it. > > A partial clone could possibly be turned into a shalow clone if at least > the top commit is complete ... But you of all people should know well that the top commit is also a huge part of most clones. Getting that top commit can be 30-60% of the repository itself. :-| -- Shawn.