The obvious way to use git-svn with the parrot repo will result in the entire history being checked out, which is undesirable. The attached patch points people towards only checking out HEAD.
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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted.pod b/docs/gettingstarted.pod index e6e18f8..731e434 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted.pod +++ b/docs/gettingstarted.pod @@ -41,10 +41,20 @@ the Parrot distribution. The procedure for this is: =item * -Or, if you're one of those rsync folks, you can access the repository with: +If you're one of those rsync folks, you can access the repository with: C<rsync -av --delete svn.perl.org::parrot-HEAD parrot> +=item * + +If you're using git-svn, you can check out just the latest version: + +C<svn info https://svn.perl.org/parrot> + +Note the current revision. + +C<< git svn clone -s -r <revision> https://svn.perl.org/parrot >> + =back The above instructions are also on the Parrot website:
