bug#30428: guix git-fetch doesn't specify "--depth 1" - git clone clones a lot without any use
Date:
Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:09:55 +0100
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On February 13, 2018 3:22:58 PM GMT+01:00, Leo Famulari <address@hidden> wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:59:50PM +0100, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
>> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> > I think it's worth adding, but as an option, because there are Git
>> > server implementations, like JGit, that don't support shallow
>cloning.
>>
>> Thanks for that! I didn't consider that before...
>>
>> Possible patch (do you know such servers and can test whether they
>still work?):
>
>I think that Google's public-facing Git servers use JGit. So, perhaps
>try shallow cloning Chromium and see if it works.
"libvpx" in Guix uses Chromiums git infrastructure and is fairly small.