Thanks Jacob! It seems that --depth=x a.k.a. Shallow Clones used to be a problem prior to Git v1.9 but are now more fully featured. They're still downplayed in "merge-based workflows" but not an actual problem anymore: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6941889/is-it-safe-to-shallow-clone-with-depth-1-create-commits-and-pull-updates-aga
A repo can be started with a shallow clone and full history pulled later if needed with (Git 2.8+): *git pull --unshallow* So for Leo's current commit rate a shallow clone with a history of ~3-4months would be: git clone --depth=500 To go back to the last tagged release ask someone who has a clone to report result of `git rev-list HEAD ^5.6 --count` (412 at present moment or maybe https://github.com/cjlarose/github-rev-list. You could also look at the dev *NNN* at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/leo and hazard an estimate. matt On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Jacob MacDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > Check out the documentation for the `--depth` flag to `git-clone`. It will > pull only the selected number of commits from a single branch, which means > your initial clone is far smaller. However, it makes it very difficult to > do development later, so make sure the clone will only be used for reading! > > Jacob. > > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 10:51 PM Matt Wilkie <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Somebody (Kent?) posted a git clone command that was faster than the >> typical: >> >> git clone https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor.git >> >> I think it involved telling git there was no need to go back to the >> beginning of time, just the previous N months. Or something? >> >> matt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "leo-editor" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
