---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:16:53 +0330 > From: omidni...@gmail.com > To: aur-general@archlinux.org > Subject: Re: [aur-general] Rename request > > About using pacman 4.1 VCS template (i.e. put the git repo URL in the > sources > array, write a pkgver function, and don't manually clone/make a build > directory): > The fact is that I don't want to download the whole repo (which contains > other branches). Please look at my earlier post on the forrum > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=174122 > > If there is anyway to clone a single branch as you recommned, it would be > very nice, but it seems that there is no way to do that.
There is one other branch, so what? Unless you're talking about more than 100MB, I would say just clone the whole thing and be done with it. You only have to do it once.
