Re: question about git and remote repositories

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Ittay Dror [off-list ref] wrote:

For example, as far as
I understand, if all I want is to get the latest commit in HEAD, branch from
it and start working, then all git really needs to have is all objects
referenced from that commit (commit, trees, blobs) and that's it, right? (as
long as I don't expect to see full log of past operations)

It can be quite addictive to have the entire revision history of the
entire project sitting locally on your disk.  Once you've tried it,
it's hard to go back. :)

But if you still want only the last few revisions, try using the
--depth option to git-clone.

Have fun,

Avery