Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] gitfaq: shallow cloning a repository
On 29/04 09:00, Elijah Newren wrote:
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> > diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> > index 7d294306f9..6f32846e3d 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> > @@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ I want to change the remote of my repository. How do I do that?::
> > One can list the remotes of a repository using `git remote -v` command.
> > The default name of a remote is 'origin'.
> >
> > +[[shallow-cloning]]
>
> Why is this marked as "shallow-cloning"?
I forgot to change the heading, will fix it right away.
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> > +The repository I am trying to clone is too big. Is there an alternative
> > +way of cloning it in lesser space?::
> > + A good way to save up space when cloning a repository is
>
> "save space" instead of "save up space"?
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> > + by using `partial clones`. A partial clone will clone the
> > + full history of the repository but will skip out the entities
> > + specified by the `--filter` option one uses in `git clone`.
> > + Any entity which has not been cloned to save space can be cloned
> > + on-demand. See linkgit:partial-clone[1].
> > +
>
> I like this much better than suggesting shallow clones, though you
> should mention that partial clones (currently?) presume that you have
> an always-on network connection to the original repository because
> subsequent commands may need to fetch additional objects in order to
> complete.
Alright, I will add that. Thank you for the review :)
Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>