Re: Git plugin fetching too much data

2015-11-03 Thread Marco Sacchetto
> There is no way to force the plugin to use clone instead of fetch. Even > if there were, it would likely have the same problem, since clone is often > described as "init + fetch". > > That was meant as a way to try to overcome what seems to be a bug in the plugin, not sure it would have cha

Re: Git plugin fetching too much data

2015-11-03 Thread Mark Waite
There is no way to force the plugin to use clone instead of fetch. Even if there were, it would likely have the same problem, since clone is often described as "init + fetch". You could reduce the amount of data transferred by using a shallow clone. That's one of the checkboxes in the "Additional

Git plugin fetching too much data

2015-11-03 Thread Marco Sacchetto
Hi, I am trying to get a repository cloned inside a Jenkins job. The cloning operation works, but the downloaded data is way too much, and we are having issues since the site is on low bandwidth and the programmers want the workspace to be cleaned out at each run. The git repository needs authe