Re: git suggestion of fix to Amon

Ok, Amon. Thank you.

2013/8/2, Amon Ott <[email protected]>:
> Am 01.08.2013 18:20, schrieb Amon Ott:
>> Am 01.08.2013 16:02, schrieb Javier Juan Martínez Cabezón:
>>> Or this:
>>>
>>> http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Large-repo-and-pack-packsizelimit-td7523383.html
>>
>> Thanks for the links, they are interesting. I had already tested with
>> several options, just tried some more from this link. However, no
>> success. I still cannot clone that repo.
>
> If you do not need to see the whole linux kernel history, a "shallow"
> clone works, e.g.:
>
> git clone --depth 100 git://rsbac.org/linux-3.10.y.git
>
> See "git help clone" for further restrictions:
>   --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.
>
> I will keep trying to work around the git problem. git people also seem
> to be aware of it.
>
> Amon.
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