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([2a0a:ef40:724:6601:f3ff:aebc:61f8:d91f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 4fb4d7f45d1cf-6aaa44f9a77sm1255824a12.17.2026.09.22.07.53.41 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 22 Sep 2026 07:53:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <15c85d2d-4fb0-427d-b52e-8e4dd958dcb9@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:53:36 +0100 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird From: Phillip Wood Reply-To: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk Subject: Re: [PATCH] fetch: add config to avoid fetching every branch in shallow repo To: Harald Nordgren , phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk Cc: Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org References: <7f084e4d-f738-4bd4-9b4d-cad995f04be8@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 22/09/2026 14:00, Harald Nordgren wrote: >>> If it is the former then we should think >>> how we can improve the behavior of "git remote add" in a sparse >>> repository to prevent it adding a wildcard fetch refspec and instead >>> setup the new remote to fetch only the branch(es) we're interested in. >> >> I didn't even consider that, that sounds like an interesting idea! > > Would you suggest we do that instead of this, or in addition to this > fix? I'd say instead - if we can fix "git remote add" then the problem shouldn't arise in the first place which is better than having an opt-in config option that most users are probably unaware of. Thanks Phillip > Seems maybe we only need the fix on "git remote add". > > > > > Harald