Git pinning hits the network instead of using --reference

[g2p]

It would be much faster to take advantage of the data that's already there, by passing --reference original-repo to git clone.

[rjbou]

Thanks for the suggestion!
@jberdine proposed also the use of workttree to reduce the copy of git repo.

[g2p]

Worktree can be useful, but I think it is not as safe if the original checkout disappears or if submodules are used, so I would put it behind a flag. Whereas --reference is a safe, transparent optimisation. Le mer. 10 oct. 2018 à 20:57, R. Boujbel <notifications@github.com> a écrit :

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