[Slackbuilds-users] Request for shallow Git clone support over HTTPS

Willy Sudiarto Raharjo willysr at slackbuilds.org
Fri Sep 11 23:50:45 UTC 2026


>Would it be possible to enable shallow git clones over HTTPS for 
>the SlackBuilds
>repository?
>
>I develop an SBo package manager, and recently added support for 
>shallow clones since
>it only needs the current contents of a branch. Avoiding the repos 
>long history reduces
>download sizes and disk usage.
>
>However, currently this command:
>
>  git clone --depth=1 https://git.slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/
>  
>Fails with:
>
>  fatal: dumb http transport does not support shallow capabilities

i tested
git clone --depth=1 git://git.slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds.git

it works just fine

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Willy Sudiarto Raharjo
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