On 9/5/2025 8:23 AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

On Thu, Sep 04, 2025 at 08:19:59AM -0400, Derrick Stolee wrote:

So in general, the recommendation I typically give is to not use
treeless clones at all.

Rather, I'd say that treeless clones are useful if you want the
speed of a shallow clone with some need to analyze commit history
(with no path history) for an ephemeral scenario like a CI build.

Treeless clones are not a good approach for doing ongoing work as
a human. They are a tool for a very narrow case, so don't use them
unless you understand how to avoid their pitfalls.

Thanks,
-Stolee