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		hiccuphippo 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Going down the rabbit hole of Git's new bundle-URI There's also the partial clone which has the tree but not the blobs: git clone --filter=blob:none Reommended for developers by github over the shallow clone: https://github.blog/open-source/git/get-up-to-speed-with-par...

jakub_g 11 months ago | [–]

Note: this makes sense on CI for a throwaway build, but not for a local dev clone. Blobless clones break or make painfully slow and expensive many local git operations.

pabs3 11 months ago | [–]

Also --filter tree:0

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