From: Song Liu <songliubrav...@fb.com> Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 17:46:23 +0000
> We are seeing the following error on multiple different systems while > cloning net-next tree. > > $ git clone > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git > Cloning into 'net-next'... Regardless of the failure, it is so _insanely_ wasteful to clone my trees like this. Just simply always have Linus's tree always checked out somewhere: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git Let's say you have it under src/GIT/linux as I do. Then go to src/GIT and say: git clone --reference linux/.git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git This way it only downloads the objects that are unique to the net-next tree. Similarly for 'net': git clone --reference linux/.git https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git Or any other subsystem tree. Periodically "git pull --ff-only" your Linus's tree, and you'll be much happier in GIT land :-) As subsystem changes make their way into Linus's GIT tree, git will notice over time and garbage collect the dups that are in your subsystem GIT trees.
