From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:33:49 GMT
Subject: Re: git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe"
Message-ID: <xmqq1t83yuv6.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACPiFCLnXLdt5rLuX0a3pTS3OphKW=1oVKxyYpwvSLhY7ydb2g@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.