I did some of my own investigation and have a working (i.e. passing tests) version of this patch here: https://github.com/jonathantanmy/git/commits/pc20171103 If you want, you can use that, or incorporate the changes therein here. I'll also remark on my findings inline. On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 20:31:19 +0000 Jeff Hostetler <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > @@ -754,6 +757,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name, > const char *filename = dry_run ? "/dev/null" : git_path_fetch_head(); > int want_status; > int summary_width = transport_summary_width(ref_map); > + struct check_connected_options opt = CHECK_CONNECTED_INIT; > > fp = fopen(filename, "a"); > if (!fp) > @@ -765,7 +769,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(const char *raw_url, const char *remote_name, > url = xstrdup("foreign"); > > rm = ref_map; > - if (check_connected(iterate_ref_map, &rm, NULL)) { > + if (check_connected(iterate_ref_map, &rm, &opt)) { opt here is unchanged from CHECK_CONNECTED_INIT, so this change is unnecessary. > rc = error(_("%s did not send all necessary objects\n"), url); > goto abort; > } > @@ -1044,6 +1048,9 @@ static struct transport *prepare_transport(struct remote *remote, int deepen) > set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_DEEPEN_RELATIVE, "yes"); > if (update_shallow) > set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_UPDATE_SHALLOW, "yes"); > + if (filter_options.choice) > + set_option(transport, TRANS_OPT_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER, > + filter_options.raw_value); You'll also need to set TRANS_OPT_FROM_PROMISOR. > @@ -1242,6 +1249,20 @@ static int fetch_multiple(struct string_list *list) > int i, result = 0; > struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT; > > + if (filter_options.choice) { > + /* > + * We currently only support partial-fetches to the remote > + * used for the partial-clone because we only support 1 > + * promisor remote, so we DO NOT allow explicit command > + * line filter arguments. > + * > + * Note that the loop below will spawn background fetches > + * for each remote and one of them MAY INHERIT the proper > + * partial-fetch settings, so everything is consistent. > + */ > + die(_("partial-fetch is not supported on multiple remotes")); > + } > + > if (!append && !dry_run) { > int errcode = truncate_fetch_head(); > if (errcode) My intention in doing the "fetch: refactor calculation of remote list" patch is so that the interaction between the provided list of remotes and the specification of the filter can be handled using the following diff: - if (remote) + if (remote) { + if (filter_options.choice && + strcmp(remote->name, repository_format_partial_clone_remote)) + die(_("--blob-max-bytes can only be used with the remote configured in core.partialClone")); result = fetch_one(remote, argc, argv); - else + } else { + if (filter_options.choice) + die(_("--blob-max-bytes can only be used with the remote configured in core.partialClone")); result = fetch_multiple(&list); + } (Ignore the "blob-max-bytes" in the error message - that needs to be updated.) The GitHub link I provided above has this diff, and it seems to work.