fp.

I would guess that for at least 90% of the repos I clone, I just want to install something. Even for the rest, I might hack on the code but seldom look into the history. If I do then I could do a `git fetch` at that point and save the bandwidth and disk space the rest of the time.

dwattttt•22m ago

A question: why is git involved at all in this? You don't want a repository.

skydhash•5m ago

This! The default was to have a link to download a tarball of the source. And if the user wanted to contribute (or check the devel version), you would add a link to the vcs.

joshka•19m ago

try `git clone --filter=blob:none` instead

https://github.blog/open-source/git/get-up-to-speed-with-par...

https://gitperf.com/chapter-11.html