shallow/README.md

Linux Kernel Shallow Bundles

Why we need this?

• Full, non-shallow clones of Linux kernel trees are multiple gigabytes in size, and take a lot of time to process.
• Shallow clones are much smaller, but cloning/fetching shallow trees impose a huge load on the git server
• kernel.org has git bundles available for download over HTTPS/CDN (simple file download) and recommend their use - instructions
• This repository does the heavy lifting. Grabbing bundles, updating them from live git servers, makes them shallow and ready for consumption.
  • Produced shallow bundles are around 250 Mb as of 5.18.y
  • Produced shallow bundles include all tags for the version involved, including -rc tags
  • Scheduled runs update bundles daily, using GitHub actions, including caching.