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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py b/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py index e46ec74e09..3e6f59d9b8 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py @@ -417,12 +417,18 @@ class GitFetchStrategy(VCSFetchStrategy): # If we want a particular branch ask for it. if self.branch: args.extend(['--branch', self.branch]) + elif self.tag and self.git_version >= ver('1.8.5.2'): + args.extend(['--branch', self.tag]) # Try to be efficient if we're using a new enough git. # This checks out only one branch's history if self.git_version > ver('1.7.10'): args.append('--single-branch') + # Yet more efficiency, only download a 1-commit deep tree + if self.git_version >= ver('1.7.1'): + args.extend(['--depth','1']) + args.append(self.url) self.git(*args) self.stage.chdir_to_source() @@ -430,7 +436,8 @@ class GitFetchStrategy(VCSFetchStrategy): # For tags, be conservative and check them out AFTER # cloning. Later git versions can do this with clone # --branch, but older ones fail. - if self.tag: + if self.tag and self.git_version < ver('1.8.5.2'): + self.git('pull', '--tags') self.git('checkout', self.tag) |