Any idea why this parameter would slow down a clone so severely? I am experiencing clone slowdown by 5x+ after adding this parameter, which is not cool given the size of the repository and the urgency of finishing the migration. -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/PATCH-RFC-git-svn-New-flag-to-add-a-file-in-empty-directories-tp6375393p7615634.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html