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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:

>> You might be able to cauterize the history at a specific commit
>> and then re-clone.  I've talked about how in "[QUESTION] about
>> .git/info/grafts file" thread yesterday, so I won't repeat that.
>
> Shouldn't the git-prune be sufficient after cauterizing the history?

Logically yes, but practically no.

Most likely what the original requestor cloned from Linus has
been already packed so git-prune would not do much.