Is it possible to remote count object and size of git repository?

Question

Assume that somewhere in the web exists public git repository. I want to clone it but firstly i need to be sure what is size of it (how much objects & kbytes like in

Answer 1

For github repository, it now offer API to check file size. It works!

This link: see-the-size-of-a-github-repo-before-cloning-it gave the answer

Command: (answer from @VMTrooper)

curl https://api.github.com/repos/$2/$3 | grep size

Example:

curl https://api.github.com/repos/Marijnh/CodeMirror | grep size
 % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  5005  100  5005    0     0   2656      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--  2779
"size": 28589,