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Re: [PATCH v5 3/4] gitfaq: shallow cloning a repository

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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
May 4, 2020, 17:11 UTC
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On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 10:42 PM Shourya Shukla <shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> wrote:

> Subject: [PATCH v5 3/4] gitfaq: shallow cloning a repository

Shouldn't the subject be updated as well, since we're talking about partial clones rather than shallow clones?

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> 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>
> ---
> I fixed the heading of this section and improved it overall though,
> as pointed out by Junio, there is a bit confusion as to what URL I
> am trying to point to:
> https://git-scm.com/docs/partial-clone
> This is the URL I want to point to.
>
>  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
>
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  4. Elijah NewrenMay 4, 2020
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  6. Elijah NewrenMay 4, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2020

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