Merge pull request #67 from acsone/git-217

Use --filter=blob=none with sufficiently recent gits
acsone · Sep 21, 2022 · 2a462f2 · 2a462f2
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diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ To work around API limitation, you must first generate a
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+3.0.1 (2022-09-21)
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+
+* Fix git clone issue with git < 2.17
+
 3.0.0 (2022-09-20)
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diff --git a/git_aggregator/repo.py b/git_aggregator/repo.py
@@ -221,7 +221,13 @@ def init_repository(self, target_dir):
  repository,
  target_dir,
  )
- cmd = ('git', 'clone', '--filter=blob:none')
+ cmd = ('git', 'clone')
+ if self.git_version >= (2, 17):
+ # Git added support for partial clone in 2.17
+ # https://git-scm.com/docs/partial-clone
+ # Speeds up cloning by functioning without a complete copy of
+ # repository
+ cmd += ('--filter=blob:none',)
  # Try to clone target branch, if it exists
  rtype, _sha = self.query_remote_ref(repository, branch)
  if rtype in {'branch', 'tag'}: