From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:57:49 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] fetch, clone: add fetch.blobSizeLimit config Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Patrick Steinhardt writes: > I'm not sure that we should make blob size limiting the default. The > problem with specifying a limit is that this is comparatively expensive > to compute on the server side: we have to look up each blob so that we > can determine its size. Unfortunately, such requests cannot (currently) > be optimized via for example bitmaps, or any other cache that we have. > ... > Another question to consider: is it really sensible to set this setting > globally? It is very much dependent on the forge that you're connecting > to, as forges may not even allow object filters at all, or only a subset > of them. Both are good questions, but to affect "clone" you'd need either "git -c that.variable=setting clone" or have it in ~/.gitconfig no? As to this extra variable, it can already be done with existing remote.*.partialCloneFilter, it seems, so I do not know why we want to add it.