[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 knarf):

 I seem to remember that one of the arguments beside space was that the
 time to checkout a git repository was quite a bit reduced for a shallow
 clone compared to a full clone, but I don't have hard numbers now. In
 addition the old discussion was about Carpet, and Carpet doesn't use git
 anymore now.

 ExternalLibraries are not really an issue, as 'only' two copies are
 checked out using svn, not the whole history.

 I agree that obtaining the release using newer git versions should work
 (older versions are ok, even with shallow clones: something must have
 changed in git). If 'deep' clones are the only clean way to do that with
 git we will have to go that way.

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