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diff --git a/doc/ci/large_repositories/index.md b/doc/ci/large_repositories/index.md index 35b4a2de8f8..aff18b0889f 100644 --- a/doc/ci/large_repositories/index.md +++ b/doc/ci/large_repositories/index.md @@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ For example, if your project contains a large number of tags that your CI jobs d you could add [`--no-tags`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch#Documentation/git-fetch.txt---no-tags) to the extra flags to make your fetches faster and more compact. +Also in the case where you repository does _not_ contain a lot of +tags, `--no-tags` can [make a big difference in some +cases](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-infra/scalability/-/issues/746). +If your CI builds do not depend on Git tags it is worth trying. + See the [`GIT_FETCH_EXTRA_FLAGS` documentation](../runners/README.md#git-fetch-extra-flags) for more information. |