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_s...
"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