How to clone/fetch a repo getting only the history

Question

Is it possible to download a repository\'s commits, branches, and tags, excluding blobs and trees? I would like to be able to view the history and whatnot without downloadin

Answer 1

The "Partial Clone" feature was added in git 2.19.

Documentation here: https://www.git-scm.com/docs/partial-clone

In order to use it:

• You need git >= 2.19 on both the server and the client
• On the server, you need to enable the feature: git config --global uploadpack.allowFilter true
• git clone --filter=tree:0 REMOTE_URL