Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> writes: > On Fri, 2023-04-28 at 01:38 +0100, Sam James wrote: >> Pascal Jäger <pascal.jae...@leimstift.de> writes: >> >> > Maybe I’m getting this wrong, but didn’t we switch to shallow >> > checkouts for the systems repository? I remember it was a major >> > outcry on the mailing list. So at least for end users git keeps no >> > history and our repository history should not impact clone size of a >> > shallow copy, should it? >> > >> >> (Try to avoid top-posting if you can, reply after the message you're >> replying to.) >> >> rsync copies of the tree aren't affected by this, nor are full >> git clones for development. >> > > Err, but full gentoo.git clones are definitely affected! After all, > that's where huge ebuilds and their Manifests land first.
I meant they're not affected by any changes to Portage's new default of shallow clones, i.e. it doesn't help the problem for them.
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