Re: [PATCH 4/5] backfill: add --sparse option

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Dec 16, 2024, 08:01 UTC
Message-ID: <Z1_eVZTDPp9g1FhQ@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <19a8efebbad7f414e3ef3fdca612dc1fcb835f25.1733515638.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 06, 2024 at 08:07:17PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
> 
> One way to significantly reduce the cost of a Git clone and later fetches is
> to use a blobless partial clone and combine that with a sparse-checkout that
> reduces the paths that need to be populated in the working directory. Not
> only does this reduce the cost of clones and fetches, the sparse-checkout
> reduces the number of objects needed to download from a promisor remote.
> 
> However, history investigations can be expensie as computing blob diffs will

s/expensie/expensive

Patrick

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