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		nolist_policy on Jan 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Launch HN: Diversion (YC S22) – Cloud-Native Git A... If you use the dumb http protocol, both cases should be equally fast.

asimpletune on Jan 22, 2024 [–]

git clone https://github.com/github/docs.git 123.57s user 37.02s system 74% cpu 3:35.73 total

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/docs.git 3.37s user 1.83s system 35% cpu 14.521 total

Not a scientific test at all, but the second one was literally 15x faster, wall clock time.

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