David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > master.kernel.org just upgraded to git-1.5.1.4 and I notice > that doing something like this: > > git clone --bare -n -l -s ../torvalds/linux-2.6.git test-2.6.git > > is no longer an instantaneous operation, it seems to be doing a lot > of stuff now: > > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/davem/git/test-2.6.git/ > remote: Generating pack... > remote: Done counting 480025 objects. > remote: Deltifying 480025 objects. > remote: 100% (480025/480025) done > Indexing 480025 objects. > remote: Total 480025 (delta 385878), reused 473265 (delta 379369) > 100% (480025/480025) done > Resolving 385878 deltas. > 100% (385878/385878) done > > Is there a new way to get a quick clone? There is something very wrong. "-l -s" should never go to the "remote: Generating pack..." codepath. Is that reproducible? Could you try "sh -x git-clone" it? - 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