Hi Qt, The Qt git repositories can at times seem large. Git has support now for "filtering" or "partial clone". Some hits from a websearch:
- https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/partial_clone.html - https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/ This feature lets users download only the objects they are using, automatically fetching new ones when needed. Unfortunately, it needs server side support. The git server running on code.qt.io does not have this support: $ git --version git version 2.36.1.37.gdc8c8deaa6 $ git clone --filter=blob:none --recurse-submodules --also-filter-submodules git://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git Cloning into 'qt5'... warning: filtering not recognized by server, ignoring A web search indicates the way to enable this may be this server-side option: git config --global uploadpack.allowFilter true from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54332298/git-clone-with-filtering-filtering-not-recognized-by-server-ignoring-bitbucke/55366030#55366030 and also mentioned in Documentation/config in the official git tree. I checked git's history and it looks like this config option is around as of v2.18.0 . There were some bugfixes since then. Thanks for your quality major development platform. _______________________________________________ Development mailing list Development@qt-project.org https://lists.qt-project.org/listinfo/development
