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On Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:58:05 +0100, Michael wrote: |
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> 1. It used to be the case the first time you run git it would try to |
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> download GB of commits history and take ages to do so on a slow |
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> connection. The solution used to be to add "EGIT_CLONE_TYPE=shallow" |
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> in your make.conf, but I'm not sure if this is still needed (I don't |
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> use git). |
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It doesn't seem to be the case, running sync with an empty portage tree |
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gives |
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>>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/var/portage'... |
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/usr/bin/git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo . |
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% du /var/portage |
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608M /var/portage |
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It did take 32s, but most of that was the Performing Global Updates stage. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"A hundred years of forgetting and it all comes rushing back..." |