From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8492C433E0 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:41:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF8021475 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:41:45 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="kz7/Bj41" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725979AbgFQHlo (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:41:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:52386 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725894AbgFQHlo (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:41:44 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x42b.google.com (mail-wr1-x42b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42b]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B1289C061573 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:41:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x42b.google.com with SMTP id p5so1184174wrw.9 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:41:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OoPzNKC9YwgNiAjEK/OkOcza1C9WEpDv9fSbsvT0K5g=; b=kz7/Bj41RMb+p1xTODLu9RQIxilSf4vEib16vafzP2ViH3zZdULRA0lVW9J3Uz2D/G H0r7JvFqCdQhA76Cs0naEWvSfwCedHRyXgsoNehxn4ZZZ8AcTdE+0uwA08EbsCCZ6VJL lZ3Qcnm6jppKYh1mKoSkdIMF+MYP2NbhjA+CBAQZ/wyq1H0/KwcfwRw1JraxddCjORzC e+Qbc9T2PEVIhz1sOEbTVPiTm/Uou81xe08J6IeM8DDz3IiljONeYBO+Zp3SUupycXBw JP6fPf0Kt7zTtNlTNEt+dsjzfgBvhTrlmjwqGO/XMLhWt45EbJFqzf7tOl/HAt37YA62 ubmQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OoPzNKC9YwgNiAjEK/OkOcza1C9WEpDv9fSbsvT0K5g=; b=Znzu2jZGcEaQ7LePD80jRYRG8tzOWjwr8Vy4qDF9/g6esfphuacvgizmGdiHmazyvs ZJuo5cUYOw7+rZRKVHnIbW2otEba+sCejRcIYb2kvDZlkOTMcnPDxyP+hBIt0MbGmh4m is6Kbh8e1GNlkf3Pq5UZPxQcq4ZQLofGXMQEtv4u3bDaPDz2HcI7ypFTe1Q5t6TK4t9E pmECyM6cze6f0MrVV7dkUcYSlulofd9Lomh80LVt/iQG+DI+Dyg/r0SUcCczDE7jXrh7 wqddsbpBblhkhi58WPo3rErzhiUcfODDSL4aQzgYVHpbWsHMNJ7QE3pQ7dxt31XCsA70 WJnQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533uMXSOoByKOEY9quDPFh49v92AYj8MSiBqTJ+OP6uRJ2zXVqL1 P/zXkKqbm8frPNIxUqrNjrObr6yV X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJy30SCGIiUhTjVtK0UaBpKO910d5zNd0TZaugDTM3m8KMRgmSsfNyGIhAjaXyQdC1eDp/bZSg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:9c12:: with SMTP id f18mr7603861wrc.105.1592379701667; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:41:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.101.24] (102-182-251-152.ip.afrihost.co.za. [102.182.251.152]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s72sm7380033wme.35.2020.06.17.00.41.40 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:41:41 -0700 (PDT) To: Git List From: Noel Grandin Subject: filtering on git fetch? Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:41:37 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Setup (*) I'm fetching across a transatlantic link (RTT in the 300ms range on a good day) (*) I'm fetching from a gerrit server $ GIT_PACKET_TRACE=true git fetch shows tons and tons of 09:39:43.355675 pkt-line.c:80 packet: fetch< 3a7ad7ee5d7daa0c93a80fbb32a677597d81ac75 refs/changes/00/9000/3 09:39:43.355684 pkt-line.c:80 packet: fetch< 6cacf1db5311f6b250ebaa12c71419a8ff9b747e refs/changes/00/9000/meta 09:39:43.355693 pkt-line.c:80 packet: fetch< 849a43434a5ede9ce9b70da14231f34edb2593fb refs/changes/00/90100/1 type stuff before it starts fetching the updates to master that I am interested in. Is there any way to tell the remote git server that I'm only interested in a subset of stuff? Thanks, Noel Grandin