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diff --git a/doc/topics/git/partial_clone.md b/doc/topics/git/partial_clone.md index a48e1c19f5c..46318a7f30d 100644 --- a/doc/topics/git/partial_clone.md +++ b/doc/topics/git/partial_clone.md @@ -9,22 +9,7 @@ is a performance optimization that "allows Git to function without having a complete copy of the repository. The goal of this work is to allow Git better handle extremely large repositories." -## Enabling partial clone - -> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/issues/1553) in GitLab 12.4. - -To enable partial clone, use the [feature flags API](../../api/features.md). -For example: - -```shell -curl --data "value=true" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/features/gitaly_upload_pack_filter -``` - -Alternatively, flip the switch and enable the feature flag: - -```ruby -Feature.enable(:gitaly_upload_pack_filter) -``` +Git 2.22.0 or later is required. ## Filter by file size @@ -82,7 +67,7 @@ reduce the size of your working copy. ```plaintext # Clone the repo excluding all files -$ git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse git@gitlab.com:gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/git +$ git clone --filter=blob:none --sparse git@gitlab.com:gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com.git Cloning into 'www-gitlab-com'... remote: Enumerating objects: 678296, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (678296/678296), done. @@ -135,7 +120,7 @@ enabled on the Git server: many applications, each in a different subdirectory in the root. Create a file `shiny-app/.filterspec` using the GitLab web interface: - ```.gitignore + ```plaintext # Only the paths listed in the file will be downloaded when performing a # partial clone using `--filter=sparse:oid=shiny-app/.gitfilterspec` @@ -153,7 +138,7 @@ enabled on the Git server: shared-component-b/ ``` -1. *Create a new Git repository and fetch.* Support for `--filter=sparse:oid` +1. **Create a new Git repository and fetch.** Support for `--filter=sparse:oid` using the clone command is incomplete, so we will emulate the clone command by hand, using `git init` and `git fetch`. Follow [issue tracking support for `--filter=sparse:oid`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/git/issues/4) |