On 5/30/21 5:47 PM, Jeff King wrote: > On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 07:07:31PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > >> Currently partial clones can't be converted into full clones, because >> there is an issue where the remote can't send all missing objects >> required. >> >> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> This patch is based on "clone: document partial clone section" by Teng >> Long [1]. >> >> [1]: >> https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.745.v5.git.git.1614695133486.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ > > Wouldn't: > > git -c fetch.negotiationAlgorithm=noop fetch ... > > work? > > IMHO that is not ideal, and I would like to see it work even when we > provide "have" lines to the server. But if we are going to tell users > something in the documentation, pointing them to this technique is > probably much more helpful than saying "it can't be done". Any workaround is better than none. At minimum, I would expect a summary of the discussion instead of a pointer to a mailing list thread. Thanks, -Stolee
