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Re: [PATCH] build-many-glibcs.py: Use --depth 1 in Git checkout
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:19:18 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] build-many-glibcs.py: Use --depth 1 in Git checkout
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020, Florian Weimer wrote:
> The history is not used by build-many-glibcs.py itself.
> --replace-sources deletes an existing source tree before switching
> the version.
>
> This works around networking and Git server performance issues to some
> degree.
I think making a shallow clone is unhelpful in practice since it's
routinely useful to revert to previous versions when finding where a
problem appeared.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com