Am 12.03.2013 02:51, schrieb Rob Lanphier:
I was able to do the clone in 50 seconds over
HTTPS....
Ori, have you tried this with --depth 1?
Rob
I added - already some weeks ago - this comment to our main download
_talk_ page
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Download#Discussion:_Whether_or_not_we_…
"I was unsure, whether it makes sense to add in section
Download#Development releases
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download#Development_releases> the
following:
By using the depth parameter as shown in the following,
you can download a "shallow" clone which saves bytes,
bandwidth and time, [ but can lead to problems if you are developer ] "
git clone --depth 1
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git
If my Url is correct, then someone of you can simply add the command
to section
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download#Development_releases
of the _article_ page.
At least, I wanted to suggest this, because it is the correct place.
Thomas