[Buildbot-devel] git: using shallow initial clones

[Dustin J. Mitchell]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:38 PM, tom fogal <tfogal at alumni.unh.edu> wrote:
> That said, a shallow clone should reduce network bandwidth.  I'm told
> the API here has changed very recently, but I'd be willing to rebase
> against git master if people here thought the approach was worthwhile.

Well, that sparked quite a raucous discussion!

I suppose the answer, then, is "go ahead," but please make the new
behavior optional, with the default being to keep with current
behavior.

Thanks for posting to the list -- sorry it didn't rouse any interest :)

Dustin

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