Bug 387263 - option for use of git-archive instead of git-clone for checkout
Summary: option for use of git-archive instead of git-clone for checkout
Status: ASSIGNED
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Product: Hudson
Classification: Technology
Component: GIT (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: Steve Christou CLA
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Reported: 2012-08-15 05:09 EDT by Paul Ortyl CLA
Modified: 2013-08-01 20:02 EDT (History)
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Description Paul Ortyl CLA 2012-08-15 05:09:41 EDT 
* It would provide immense speedup for huge repositories
* Reduces disk space usage on the build machine
* much more efficient for jobs, that need clean workspace or clean slate VM