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Re: Shallow clone of a specific git revision?

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Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date
Nov 13, 2024, 10:29 UTC
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 11:23:47AM +0100, Toon Claes wrote:
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> Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Looking through clone man page it supports shallow clones of branches
> > and tags only.
> >
> > Would it be possible to do shallow clone of a specific revision,
> > and checkout specific revision on clone?
> 
> Hi Michal,
> 
> I'm working on a patch, and I've submitted a first version [1] a little
> while ago to allow users to pass a reference on git-clone(1). Would this
> change fit your needs, or what else would you like to support?
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20240927085438.1010431-1-toon@iotcl.com/
Hello,

that slightly expands the available options but it does not make it possible to clone an arbitrary revision, ie. specified by a SHA

Thanks
Michal
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  1. Michal SuchánekNov 12, 2024
  2. Toon ClaesNov 13, 2024
  3. Michal SuchánekNov 13, 2024
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