I know. I will use --depth 1 !
$ git clone --depth 1 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git mediawiki Cloning into 'mediawiki'... error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 500 fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly $ git clone --depth 2 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git mediawiki Cloning into 'mediawiki'... error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 500 fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly $ git clone --depth 0 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git mediawiki Cloning into 'mediawiki'... remote: Counting objects: 356168, done remote: Finding sources: 100% (356168/356168) Receiving objects: 8% (29137/356168), 6.38 MiB | 112 KiB/s
I don't really know what --depth 0 will get me. Fingers crossed.