# [GSoC][Project Idea] Multipart and resumable download while using git clone or pull 1 messages from 2018-03-13 to 2018-03-13. Participants: Varun Garg. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/48033 ## Varun Garg, 2018-03-13 18:01 Subject: [GSoC][Project Idea] Multipart and resumable download while using git clone or pull Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/DM5PR1901MB2167AABED6918A8DAB6E7027F2D20%40DM5PR1901MB2167.namprd19.prod.outlook.com ``` Hi, My name is Varun Garg and am a student in Software Engineering. During 2017 I participated in GSoC at Eclipse Foundation [1] and still contribute occasionally [2]. I have also submitted a micro project here last year[3]. I would like to add functionality of "Multipart and resumable download while using git clone or pull" in git. Motivation: The motivation behind this idea came to me when I was downloading linux kernel. Even with shallow clone (--depth=1), the number of objects was too large. Many times we need access to older commits. It is also difficult to update shallow cloned repos [4]. And ssh option is not available behind many firewalls. Downloading objects incrementally is too slow and we can speed this process by downloading them in parallel (multi part) and adding a resume option will also be lifesaver. I am looking forward to take this project. [1] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2017/projects/5762172684599296/ [2] https://github.com/eclipse/omr/pulls?q=author%3AVarun-garg [3] https://public-inbox.org/git/CY1PR19MB01289DCA6C08CDC9F07C6D7DF2340@CY1PR19MB0128.namprd19.prod.outlook.com/ [4] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41075972/how-to-update-a-git-shallow-clone With Best Regards, Varun Garg ```