Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> When having a repository, which deals with large amounts of data, i.e.
> graphics, music, films, you may want to keep the git directory at
> the smallest size possible.
>
> The depth option helped us in achieving this goal by removing the sizable
> history and just keep recent history around. In the case of having large
> amounts of data around, you probably want to use the depth option at any
> fetch you do, so it would be convenient to have an option for this.
>
> Change-Id: I45a569239639f20e24fbae32fb2046bc478c5f07
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/config.txt | 6 ++++++
> Documentation/fetch-options.txt | 2 ++
> builtin/fetch.c | 5 +++++
> 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 9220725..418e21f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -1106,6 +1106,12 @@ fetch.prune::
> If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
> option was given on the command line. See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
>
> +fetch.depth::
> + If set, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--depth`
> + option was given on the command line. This allows users to keep
> + the git directory at low space requirements, and thus comes in handy
> + for users with large binary files in the repository.
> +
Hmm, is this something a user would typically want repository-wide?
I am wondering if "remote.$nick.fetchDepth" or something scoped to
remote is more appropriate.
> format.attach::
> Enable multipart/mixed attachments as the default for
> 'format-patch'. The value can also be a double quoted string
> diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> index b09a783..81131d0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
> `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1])
> to the specified number of commits from the tip of each remote
> branch history. Tags for the deepened commits are not fetched.
> + You can configure git to always use the depth option, see
> + `fetch.depth` in linkgit:git-config[1]
>
> --unshallow::
> If the source repository is complete, convert a shallow
> diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
> index 7b84d35..30fa15b 100644
> --- a/builtin/fetch.c
> +++ b/builtin/fetch.c
> @@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ static int git_fetch_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
> fetch_prune_config = git_config_bool(k, v);
> return 0;
> }
> + if (!strcmp(k, "fetch.depth")) {
> + if (git_config_string(&depth, k, v))
> + return -1;
> + return 0;
> + }
> return git_default_config(k, v, cb);
> }
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