Re: How to not download objects more than needed?

[sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>]

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:38:42 +0100
Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl> wrote:

> I have a pecuilar, but common use case for git.

It's not really that peculiar.

> I have linux-2.6 repository pulled and I'd like to download some branch
> (say, netdev-2.6), which uses many of the same objects,
> but not to get all the objects from the git server.

Just make sure you're not using the rsync protocol.   Using the
native git protocol would be best.

> I've already tried certain commands, but still can't do it,
> and my bandwidth isn't too happy about it.

For instance, make sure your current linus repository is up to date 
with a "git pull" and then:

git fetch \
   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git \
   upstream:netdev

will take the "upstream" branch from the netdev repository and name it 
netdev in your local repository.

Sean