Eric Wong wrote:

Konstantin Ryabitsev [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

This is actually really fast if you already have a local copy of the
repository with most objects. Try this yourself if you have
torvalds/linux.git locally:

git clone --bare -s torvalds/linux.git test

Yep, -s (--shared) makes cloning really cheap.  One of my goals is to get

	git clone -s https://example.com/torvalds/linux.git

and

	git clone -s https://example.com/torvalds/linux.git/clone.bundle

working.  That would make it easier for new contributors to
setup lightweight clones and pull in history on an as-needed
basis w/o hacks like shallow cloning.

Does "git clone --filter=blob:none" do what you're looking for?

Thanks,
Jonathan