----- Original Message ----- From: umair durrani To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 9:18 PM Subject: [git-users] Should I clone the whole repo if I want to edit one file only?
I have a repo on bit bucket. It contains files related to my thesis. If I want to edit one of the LaTeX files from the repo, do I have to clone the entire repo if I am working on another computer? My repo is more than 1.5 GB in size. -- Umair, You do ned to clone most of your repo. The one limit you can use is the 'shallow' clone, which is now fully working as long as you have the latest versions. The proviso on 'shallow' is that it counts the number of commits back from each branch tip, so if one branch has only a few commits from long ago, then you will also get those. I haven't checked what version BitBucket is on and how well it supports shallow clone, but it's worth trying. The easiest trick is to find a fast connection for that first clone! After that the updates will be reasonably quick even on a slower line. Philip -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
