[FFmpeg-trac] #7655(website:new): git shallow clone is not working

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#7655: git shallow clone is not working
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             Reporter:  milaxnuts    |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  new
             Priority:  minor        |                Component:  website
              Version:  unspecified  |               Resolution:
             Keywords:  git          |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Comment (by milaxnuts):

 yay, that is working ... but, whats wrong?

 1. that server is slow -- 107.00 KiB/s versus 2.79 MiB/s -- 2 minutes
 shallow vs 1 minute full clone

 2. https makes me feel more secure -- is there a public login for ssh
 access?

 3. http is more common

 one workaround to get a 'shallow clone' via https ...
 {{{
 $ wget https://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-snapshot.tar.bz2
 }}}
 which is only 10 megabyte
 done after 5 seconds at 1.95 MiB/s
 con: i cant choose the clone depth
 fix: use the latest stable release -- i am missing a ffmpeg-latest.tar.bz2
 that redirects to ffmpeg-4.1.tar.bz2, for example

 another workaround is to use microhub
 {{{
 $ git clone --depth=50 https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.git ffmpeg
 }}}
 done after 20 seconds at 1.95 MiB/s

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