Re: [PATCH] fetch: add config to avoid fetching every branch in shallow repo

On 22/09/2026 14:00, Harald Nordgren wrote:

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If it is the former then we should think
how we can improve the behavior of "git remote add" in a sparse
repository to prevent it adding a wildcard fetch refspec and instead
setup the new remote to fetch only the branch(es) we're interested in.

I didn't even consider that, that sounds like an interesting idea!

Would you suggest we do that instead of this, or in addition to this
fix?

I'd say instead - if we can fix "git remote add" then the problem shouldn't arise in the first place which is better than having an opt-in config option that most users are probably unaware of.

Thanks

Phillip

Seems maybe we only need the fix on "git remote add".




Harald