From 394c787cfd04a91a339247edca056e8527d2a39c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Salvatore Bonaccorso Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 22:49:39 +0200 Subject: doc/s-t.d.o/security-tracker: Mention option to speed out clone In most cases user might not need all blobs and can speed up the git clone. Git will download the needed blobs when they are needed. In some use cases user might not need to have access to full history and respective file contents, so this can be good enough for them. Link: https://salsa.debian.org/security-tracker-team/security-tracker/-/merge_requests/143 Signed-off-by: Salvatore Bonaccorso --- doc/security-team.d.o/security_tracker | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/security-team.d.o/security_tracker b/doc/security-team.d.o/security_tracker index 74d3687271..6023f5e9d8 100644 --- a/doc/security-team.d.o/security_tracker +++ b/doc/security-team.d.o/security_tracker @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ at home. To do this you just need to do the following: git clone git@salsa.debian.org:security-tracker-team/security-tracker.git +Note, to speed up the initial clone the filter `--filter=blob:none` can +be used, which will filter out all blobs (file contents) until needed by +Git. + This will check out the working repository (given that you already have an [Salsa account](https://wiki.debian.org/Salsa/Doc#Users:_Login_and_Registration). -- cgit v1.2.3