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FS#59481 - [linux] 4.17.11-1: Move to git sources causes a 1.4 GiB git clone

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by John (graysky) - Sunday, 29 July 2018, 14:57 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Sunday, 29 July 2018, 15:01 GMT
Task Type General Gripe
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

The recent change to git sources[1] causes a pretty massive clone (3.1 GiB on as of 29-July-18). Is there an alternative perhaps using a hybrid approach using the base version source tarball from kernel.org and cloning only a subset of the entire tree some how?

1. https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/linux&id=d0c4ab0716e0ae1fc058a83ccb02bde92885ced6
This task depends upon

Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Sunday, 29 July 2018, 15:01 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug

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