From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:56:45 GMT
Subject: Re: git-clone --how-much-disk-space-will-this-cost-me? [--depth n]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0812171152490.30035@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <20081217164841.GH32487@spearce.org>

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> > > Its also not easy to
> > > implement, which is why we've only been talking about it for years
> > > and never actually seen a patch proposing to do it.
> > 
> > A partial clone could possibly be turned into a shalow clone if at least 
> > the top commit is complete ...
> 
> But you of all people should know well that the top commit is also
> a huge part of most clones.  Getting that top commit can be 30-60%
> of the repository itself.  :-|

Sure I know.  This is why I'm not pushing this solution really much.  ;)

I have ideas about how to solve this in a really nice way, but that 
implies pack V4.


Nicolas