# git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe" 3 messages from 2016-02-23 to 2016-02-24. Participants: Martin Langhoff, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/41489 ## Martin Langhoff, 2016-02-23 21:03 Subject: git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe" Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACPiFCLnXLdt5rLuX0a3pTS3OphKW%3D1oVKxyYpwvSLhY7ydb2g%40mail.gmail.com ``` 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? In this context, most developers want to get full checkout of some submodules, but not of all; and 'git describe' of the submodules is needed to 'shim' the missing submodules appropriately. If the answer is no, there's a bunch of ways I can carry that as extra data in the top level project. It's possible, yet inelegant & duplicative. thanks, martin -- martin.langhoff@gmail.com - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first ~ http://docs.moodle.org/en/User:Martin_Langhoff ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2016-02-23 21:33 Subject: Re: git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe" Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqq1t83yuv6.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Martin Langhoff 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. ``` ## Martin Langhoff, 2016-02-24 01:28 Subject: Re: git "thin" submodule clone to feed "describe" Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACPiFCJ216dx9s6YynH2d8StyNxR4zci9OhGKH4BbJXXf4SSUA%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > No, I do not think so. Thanks. I will probably setup a pre-commit hook at the top level project to update a submodule metadata file. Not the prettiest but... :-) m -- martin.langhoff@gmail.com - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first ~ http://docs.moodle.org/en/User:Martin_Langhoff ```