Hi Guys,

I am not a git developer or a git expert but just a change I would love
to see.

When I clone a really large repository (like the linux kernel for
example) initially on a brand new machine, it can take quite a while
before I can start working with the code.

Often I do a standard git clone:

git clone (name of repo)

Followed by a depth=1 clone in parallel, so I can get building and
working with the code asap:

git clone --depth=1 (name of repo)

Could we change the default behavior of git so that we initially get
all the current files quickly so that we can start working them and
then getting the rest of the data? At least a user could get to work
quicker this way. Any disadvantages of this approach? Maybe I am not
the first to suggest something like this.
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