630558 – git-r3.eclass: Use shallow repository copies (pass --depth 1)

Bug 630558 - git-r3.eclass: Use shallow repository copies (pass --depth 1)

Summary: git-r3.eclass: Use shallow repository copies (pass --depth 1)

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Eclasses (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Michał Górny

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Reported:	2017-09-10 06:55 UTC by R030t1
Modified:	2017-09-10 23:29 UTC (History)
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Description R030t1 2017-09-10 06:55:10 UTC

For Git ebuilds, please consider passing --depth 1 so that a full copy is not made. With packages like binutils a full clone constitutes a sizeable amount of disk space.

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2017-09-10 07:39:13 UTC

There are some related variables in the eclass:

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/eclass/git-r3.eclass

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2017-09-10 09:22:36 UTC

If you want to avoid full clones, set EGIT_CLONE_TYPE=shallow in your make.conf. We're not changing the default since shallow clones have their own problems.

Comment 3 R030t1 2017-09-10 23:29:09 UTC

Thank you both. There is a brief discussion of the limitations in git-r3.eclass. Is there more detail available elsewhere?