Re: just fetching HEAD of repository

"Stian Haklev" [off-list ref] writes:

After checking all the docs, I am still wondering if there is a way to
get only the last commit from a given git repository. Sometimes I
really just want the latest code so I can compile it - and let's say
they are not running gitweb, or it is not convenient to go to gitweb
and ask for a tar package to be made? This is especially relevant in
countries with slow internet connection - here in Indonesia it takes
me an hour to clone the git repository for example, never mind let's
say the Linux kernel.

You'll probably pay the price for not downloading the full history
later, but yes, what you're looking for is called "shallow clone", and
it's possible with the --depth option of git-clone (I personnally
never tried it, though).

Side question: once you have a shallow clone, is it possible to
"unshallow" it, that is, fetch the missing revisions?

-- 
Matthieu