This is worth noting https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23065
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Drew DeVault <[email protected]> wrote: > makepkg: Use a recursive, shallow clone for git:// > > This clones git submodules, which are required to build most projects > that use them. This change is harmless for packages that don't use them. > > This also modifies the initial clone to use --depth=1, which avoids > checking out the entire history and saves some bandwidth and improves > the time required to clone. > > Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <[email protected]> > --- > I'm still not used to submitting patches through a mailing list, so I > apologize if I've done something wrong. Please don't hesitate to let me > know if there's something I could do better. > > scripts/makepkg.sh.in | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in > index 8a67d94..3b74d4d 100644 > --- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in > +++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in > @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ download_git() { > > if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]] || dir_is_empty "$dir" ; then > msg2 "$(gettext "Cloning %s %s repo...")" "${repo}" "git" > - if ! git clone --mirror "$url" "$dir"; then > + if ! git clone --depth=1 --mirror "$url" "$dir"; then > error "$(gettext "Failure while downloading %s %s > repo")" "${repo}" "git" > plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")" > exit 1 > @@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ extract_git() { > plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")" > exit 1 > fi > + if ! git submodule update --init --recursive ; then > + error "$(gettext "Failure while initializing > submodules of %s %s repo")" "${repo}" "git" > + plain "$(gettext "Aborting...")" > + exit 1 > + fi > fi > > popd &>/dev/null > -- > 2.1.2 >
