[pacman-dev] [PATCH] makepkg: Use a recursive, shallow clone for git://

[Doug Newgard]

On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:13:12 -0600
Drew DeVault <sircmpwn at gmail.com> wrote:

> makepkg: Use a recursive, shallow clone for git://
> 
> This clones git submodules, which are required to build most projects
> that use them. This change is harmless for packages that don't use
> them.
> 
> This also modifies the initial clone to use --depth=1, which avoids
> checking out the entire history and saves some bandwidth and improves
> the time required to clone.

If you had done any research at all, you'd know that this has been
rejected over and over.