Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] gitfaq: partial cloning a repository

>
> Add issue in 'Common issue' section which covers issues with cloning
> large repositories. Use partial cloning to selectively clone the
> repository.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gitfaq.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> index 875cfa0acd..5dfbb32089 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/gitfaq.txt
> @@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ 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'.
>
> +[[partial-cloning]]
> +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 space when cloning a repository is 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 (hence this

> +       presumes that the user has an always-on network connection to the
> +       original repository).  See linkgit:partial-clone[1].
> +
>  Hooks
>  -----
>
> --
> 2.26.2