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Git Submodule WordPress is getting to big

Situation
I use the WPskeleton of markjaquith. Which uses the official WP git as a submodule.
It works great but it's just so big. The actual files are 20MB, but the .git folder is 123MB.
99.9999% is just the submodule of the WordPress submodule. It's nice to have the whole WP commit history but I could live with just the tags which hold the versions.

My question is.
Is there a way to reduce the size of a submodule which I don't own/manage?

Solution

  • There’s a --depth switch that lets you create a shallow copy of the module. Quote docs:

    This option is valid for add and update commands. Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions. See git-clone.

    Didn’t try it, though. Another option would be to use Git Subtrees instead.