[Buildroot] [PATCH] pkg-download: Make a shallow clone for git downloads

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Sat Nov 3 23:57:55 UTC 2012


>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout at mind.be> writes:

 Arnout> When downloading from git, we clone the whole repository and then only
 Arnout> use the latest commit.  That's a lot of redundant stuff.  So instead,
 Arnout> make a shallow clone.  Unfortunately that's only possible when
 Arnout> downloading a branch or tag, so fall back to the old method if git gives
 Arnout> an error.

 Arnout> This speeds up the cloning of a linux git from more than 2 hours to
 Arnout> 20 minutes on a 200KB/s link).

And just think what difference it will make on the hotel Grumps
connection ;)

Committed, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard


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