[FEATURE REQUEST] git clone, just clone selected branches?

> To my knowlede a git clone always clones all branches from the remote 
> repo. I would like the possibly to clone selected branches, like
>  git clone <repo URL> -b master -b upstream
> which will only fetch the master and upstream branch.
> 
> I know I can use git remote to do this, but it is a bit clumsy when 
> starting a new repo.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Schindelin [mailto:Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de] 
> Sent: den 10 oktober 2007 21:35
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] git clone, just clone selected 
> branches?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> 
> > To my knowlede a git clone always clones all branches from 
> the remote 
> > repo. I would like the possibly to clone selected branches, like
> >  git clone <repo URL> -b master -b upstream
> > which will only fetch the master and upstream branch.
> > 
> > I know I can use git remote to do this, but it is a bit clumsy when 
> > starting a new repo.
> 
> This is why I suggest: since it is an itch of yours, just fix 
> it.  You are 
> in the prime position to know when you're satisfied.
> 
> As a hint how to start: Junio dreamt of a git-clone which is a tiny 
> wrapper around git-fetch and git-remote.
> 
> So you could start by writing a script which would be a 
> replacement for 
> git-clone.sh, and there you can also include the support for 
> -b that you 
> would like so much.
> 
> It would be nice, though, to keep this in separate patches, 
> which you then 
> submit to this list.
> 
> Thank you,
> Dscho

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johannes Schindelin [mailto:Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de] 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> 
> > I should know better than to throw out ideas like this. 
> Next time I have 
> > an suggestion I will think long and hard about it before 
> posting again.
> 
> Hey, it was just a try.

> thought it might be pretty easy for you to rewrite 
> git-clone.sh to take 
> advantage of git-fetch and git-remote, and that your desired 
> feature would 
> be easier to add then.  So easy that the whole thing would 
> have taken you 
> all of an hour or so.

> 
> But maybe somebody else is interested enough to scratch your itch.
> 
> Ciao,
> Dscho
> 
> 
> 

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Johannes Schindelin [mailto:Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de] 
> > 
> > thought it might be pretty easy for you to rewrite git-clone.sh to 
> > take advantage of git-fetch and git-remote, and that your desired 
> > feature would be easier to add then.  So easy that the whole thing 
> > would have taken you all of an hour or so.
> 
> Well, now I had to take a look and I think you are overestimating my 
> capabilities :) It is a 12KB script full of git-plumbing I have never 
> used, nor do I do sh scripts well. It might be an hour for you, but I 
> would probably have to spend the whole day :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linus Torvalds [mailto:torvalds@linux-foundation.org] 
> Sent: den 10 oktober 2007 21:38
> To: Joakim Tjernlund
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] git clone, just clone selected 
> branches?
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > 
> > I know I can use git remote to do this, but it is a bit clumsy 
> > when starting a new repo.
> 
> How about just
> 
> 	git init
> 	.. set up remote tracking info in .git/config ..
> 	git fetch remote
> 
> which should do what you want.
> 
> 		Linus

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Linus Torvalds [mailto:torvalds@linux-foundation.org] 
>> Sent: den 10 oktober 2007 21:38
>> To: Joakim Tjernlund
>> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] git clone, just clone selected 
>> branches?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>>> I know I can use git remote to do this, but it is a bit clumsy 
>>> when starting a new repo.
>> How about just
>>
>> 	git init
>> 	.. set up remote tracking info in .git/config ..
>> 	git fetch remote
>>
>> which should do what you want.
>>
>> 		Linus
> 
> From git remote man page:
>  o  Imitate git clone but track only selected branches
> 
>           $ mkdir project.git
>           $ cd project.git
>           $ git init
>           $ git remote add -f -t master -m master origin git://example.com/git.git/
>           $ git merge origin
> 
> yes, this does the trick too but that is more to type so I thought
> it would be simpler if I could just tell git clone which branches I want.
> Now, this isn't a killer feature to me so if you don't like it, I good
> with that too.
>