From: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:29:48 GMT
Subject: Re: Shallow clone of a specific git revision?
Message-ID: <ZzR_nOqQxfGNPyYV@kitsune.suse.cz>
In-Reply-To: <87wmh7ig98.fsf@iotcl.com>

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 11:23:47AM +0100, Toon Claes wrote:
> 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