git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe"

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 23, 2016, 21:33 UTC
Message-ID
<xmqq1t83yuv6.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To
<CACPiFCLnXLdt5rLuX0a3pTS3OphKW=1oVKxyYpwvSLhY7ydb2g@mail.gmail.com>
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:
Show 9 quoted lines
> Hi git list! long time no see! :-) Been missing you lots.
>
> Do we currently have any means to clone _history_ but not _blobs_ of a
> repo, or some approximation thereof?
>
> With a bit more context: If I have a top-level project using a couple
> dozen submodules, where the submodules are huge, do I have a
> git-native means of running git-describe on each submodule without
> pulling the whole thing down?
No, I do not think so.
Previous: Martin LanghoffNext: Martin Langhoff
Message 2 of 3 in “git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe"”
  1. Martin LanghoffFeb 23, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 23, 2016
  3. Martin LanghoffFeb 24, 2016

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.