Converting a Shallow Clone to a Full Clone
If you start with a shallow clone and later need the full history, you can deepen the clone by fetching more commits:
git fetch --unshallow
This command will convert your shallow clone into a full clone by fetching the entire commit history. Alternatively, you can incrementally deepen the history:
git fetch --depth=<new_depth>
This allows you to gradually increase the depth as needed.
Git Shallow Clone: Optimizing Repository Size
Git is an important tool for version control, known for its ability to manage projects with complex histories efficiently. However, as projects grow and their histories expand, the size of the repositories can become larger, impacting performance and increasing clone times. This is where Git’s shallow clone functionality becomes important.
Table of Content
- What are Shallow Clones?
- How to Perform a Shallow Clone
- Benefits of Shallow Cloning
- Use Cases for Shallow Cloning
- Limitations of Shallow Cloning
- Converting a Shallow Clone to a Full Clone
- Conclusion
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