RE: Vendor branches on sourceware.org's binutils-gdb repo

> > So how do I tell git to only clone master and not give me everybody
> > else's shit?  Last time I tried to do that, it simply didn't work.
> 
> git-clone(1):
> 
>        --[no-]single-branch
>            Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,
>            either specified by the --branch option or the primary branch
>            remote’s HEAD points at.

If space is a problem and the purpose of the clone is mainly to perform a
build then you may also be interested in --depth. It comes with a health
warning but really reduces the overheads if it is suitable for you:

       --depth <depth>
           Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified
           number of revisions. A shallow repository has a number of
           limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor push from 
           nor into it), but is adequate if you are only interested in the
           recent history of a large project with a long history, and would 
           want to send in fixes as patches.

Matthew