GNU bug report logs - #30428
guix git-fetch doesn't specify "--depth 1" - git clone clones a lot without any use

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>

Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: guix git-fetch doesn't specify "--depth 1" - git clone clones a lot
 without any use
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 01:16:41 +0100

git-fetch doesn't allow specifying "--depth 1".

That means the repo clones are needlessly large.

Since in packages we only need one specific commit anyhow why do we fetch
all the other commits?
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 65 days ago.

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