From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net>, phodina via <help-guix@gnu.org>
Subject: libgit2 shallow clone (was Re: Packaging Grafana)
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 12:39:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tu0qu2sl.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86v8l8yrqp.fsf@riseup.net>
Hi,
On dim., 15 janv. 2023 at 12:12, Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:
> Honestly, I think our Go importer needs to be rewritten to just use Go's
> libraries instead of trying to replicate all functionality in Guile. It
> does a lot of... let's say sub-optimal things currently, like cloning
> full git repos, when Go is smart enough to only clone what it needs for
> dependency resolution.
About cloning, the core of the issue is not Guile but libgit2. Guix
relies on guile-git which is just libgit2. And sadly, libgit2 does not
support shallow clone or depth fetch option. See libgit2 issue#3058.
If I read correctly, Go relies on plain Git, instead.
Therefore, sadly we cannot do better than full Git repository clone.
It would be difficult switch from libgit2 to plain Git; as discussed in
this thread [2].
1: <https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3058>
2: <https://yhetil.org/guix/87cz9fpw4x.fsf@gmail.com>
Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-16 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-15 9:18 Packaging Grafana phodina via
2023-01-15 11:12 ` Csepp
2023-01-15 17:47 ` Leo Famulari
2023-01-16 11:39 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
2023-01-16 16:02 ` libgit2 shallow clone (was Re: Packaging Grafana) Csepp
2023-01-16 16:34 ` Simon Tournier
2023-01-15 17:46 ` Packaging Grafana Leo Famulari
2023-01-21 16:37 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
2023-01-21 16:47 ` Katherine Cox-Buday
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