project in mind, here are some interesting examples:
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- # Git itself (approx. 10MB download):
+ # Git itself (approx. 40MB download):
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
- # the Linux kernel (approx. 150MB download):
-$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
+ # the Linux kernel (approx. 640MB download):
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
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The initial clone may be time-consuming for a large project, but you