"Teng Long via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Partial clones are created using 'git clone', but there is no related help > information in the git-clone documentation during a period. Add a relevant > section to help users understand what partial clones are and how they differ > from normal clones. > > The section briefly introduces the applicable scenarios and some precautions > of partial clone. If users want to know more about its technical design and > other details, users can view the link of git-partial-clone(7) according to > the guidelines in the section. > > Derrick Stolee (2): > partial-clone: set default filter with --partial > clone: document --partial and --filter options > > Dyrone Teng (1): > clone: document partial clone section > base-commit: 6c85aac65fb455af85745130ce35ddae4678db84 > Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-745%2Fdyrone%2Fmaster-v2 > Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-745/dyrone/master-v2 > Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/745 > > Range-diff vs v1: Can you remind readers which thread was the v1? Hopefully it is not this one, right? https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200322192234.GC671552@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ it concluded that it is not a great idea to set default filter with "--partial", and the discussion led to a v2 with a reduced scope at https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.586.v2.git.1584906606469.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ and that one is already cooking. > -: ----------- > 1: 6f340d9aadf partial-clone: set default filter with --partial > -: ----------- > 2: 9baf4c8ba38 clone: document --partial and --filter options > 1: f063efa545b ! 3: c1a44a35095 clone: document partial clone section Thanks.
