On Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 6:00:50 PM UTC-7 wst...@gmail.com wrote: > it is possible to use Git to only pull a selected directory > (or directories) from a Git repo with no history. See, e.g., the > discussion of "sparse checkout" here. > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/600079/how-do-i-clone-a-subdirectory-only-of-a-git-repository
I wouldn't recommend this for the Sage repository. The source trees in SAGE_ROOT/pkgs/DISTRIBUTION are only complete after running SAGE_ROOT/bootstrap. (This is how we keep metadata such as version constraints in sync -- by generating them from information in SAGE_ROOT/build/pkgs.) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-devel/38aa3503-8a8e-4878-8e3d-203c4aaf7ef3n%40googlegroups.com.
