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Re: Diff format in packs

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 1, 2006, 12:01 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> In another mail, you asked for a solution for the initial 700MB download. 
> How about doing it like Linux-2.6, namely have a clean cut, and for those 
> who want, they can load the historical repo, too, and graft it onto the 
> current one?

Perhaps that would be incentive to finally make "lazy clone"/"shallow clone" support in git.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  5. Jon SmirlJul 31, 2006
  6. Martin LanghoffAug 1, 2006
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  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2006
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