Re: [PATCH 4/4] fetch2/git.py: Optimize clone fall back when it is local

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 22:09 -0500, Jason Wessel wrote:
> A file:// url should use "clone -s" to greatly speed
> up the clone in the case of a kernel when it is local.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
> ---
>  lib/bb/fetch2/git.py |    8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
> index 1ad9213..f5a3983 100644
> --- a/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
> +++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
> @@ -192,7 +192,13 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
>  
>          # If the repo still doesn't exist, fallback to cloning it
>          if not os.path.exists(ud.clonedir):
> -            clone_cmd = "%s clone --bare --mirror %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, repourl, ud.clonedir)
> +            if repourl.startswith("file://"):
> +                use_s = "-s"
> +                repo = repourl[7:]
> +            else:
> +                use_s = ""
> +                repo = repourl
> +            clone_cmd = "%s clone %s --bare --mirror %s %s" % (ud.basecmd, use_s, repo, ud.clonedir)
>              if ud.proto.lower() != 'file':
>                  bb.fetch2.check_network_access(d, clone_cmd)
>              runfetchcmd(clone_cmd, d)

How about always using the -l option instead?

This avoids the disadvantage of -s where you could corrupt the central
mirror store with local changes in the checkout.

Cheers,

Richard