[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #942: GetComponents should not use shallow clones for Git checkouts

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#942: GetComponents should not use shallow clones for Git checkouts
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  Reporter:  hinder         |       Owner:  eric9
      Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new  
  Priority:  major          |   Milestone:       
 Component:  GetComponents  |     Version:       
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:       
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Comment (by barry.wardell):

 I think this is a good idea. I don't see any advantage to shallow clones
 which is significant enough to outweigh the many disadvantages.

 The only case where I can see shallow clones making a significant
 difference is in the ExternalLibraries where a new tarball is committed
 each time the library is updated. I can imagine this leading to very large
 repositories in the future, but if that does happen then we can cross that
 bridge when we get to it (for example, by not including the actual
 tarballs in the repository and having some mechanism for downloading
 them). As an example, a shallow clone of OpenSSL is 12 M  while a full
 clone is 42M. I would consider this is to still be acceptable.

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