[PATCH] fetch: add a config option to always use the depth argument

When having a repository, which deals with large amounts of data, i.e. graphics, music, films, you may want to keep the git directory at the smallest size possible. The depth option helped us in achieving this goal by removing the sizable history and just keep recent history around. In the case

Re: [PATCH] fetch: add a config option to always use the depth argument

Stefan Beller sbel...@google.com writes: When having a repository, which deals with large amounts of data, i.e. graphics, music, films, you may want to keep the git directory at the smallest size possible. The depth option helped us in achieving this goal by removing the sizable history and

Re: [PATCH] fetch: add a config option to always use the depth argument

Junio C Hamano gits...@pobox.com writes: Stefan Beller sbel...@google.com writes: +fetch.depth:: +If set, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--depth` +option was given on the command line. This allows users to keep +the git directory at low space requirements, and thus