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just fetching HEAD of repository

From
Stian Haklev <shaklev@gmail.com>
Date
May 21, 2007, 09:01 UTC
Message-ID
<566574ef0705210201wc5c0adbmaa22d197b16bf72d@mail.gmail.com>

After checking all the docs, I am still wondering if there is a way to get only the last commit from a given git repository. Sometimes I really just want the latest code so I can compile it - and let's say they are not running gitweb, or it is not convenient to go to gitweb and ask for a tar package to be made? This is especially relevant in countries with slow internet connection - here in Indonesia it takes me an hour to clone the git repository for example, never mind let's say the Linux kernel.

Thank you Stian

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