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=== Description (from pull-request) ===
Signed-off-by: Tobias Gerold <tob...@g3ro.eu>
From 6a93d63a79fe57d270c9a3504456829dfe6ecf87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Gerold <tob...@g3ro.eu>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 20:24:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README.md - added note about git sparse-checkout
Signed-off-by: Tobias Gerold <tob...@g3ro.eu>
---
README.md | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b11aab1..25d92a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ Install the following software (naming may depends on your
distribution):
### Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/lxc/linuxcontainers.org
+
+**Note:** The folder `downloads` is quite big, so you can skip that folder by
using [git sparse-checkout](https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-sparse-checkout)
+(The only exception is, when you work on the downloads page).
+
+As a replacement for the missing `downloads` folder you need to create the
following empty folders, before generating the website (otherwise the
generator shows an error):
+
+```
+downloads/cgmanager/
+downloads/distrobuilder/
+downloads/lxc/
+downloads/lxcfs/
+downloads/lxd/
+```
### Generating the website
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