Wordpress Git submodule very large disk space

Asked Sep 16 '16 at 13:56

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I am working on a Wordpress site in a git repository where the Wordpress core is separated out as a submodule.

UPDATE: I am pointing at the latest tag, rather than the master branch.

This has resulted in over 160MB of disk space being used.

The site was first pulled in with git clone URL . and then the submodules loaded with git submodule update --init --recursive (taken from this answer)

The Wordpress git repo is here: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress

I assume this has just downloaded all commit messages or something? Is there a way to avoid this?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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asked Sep 16 '16 at 13:56

Alexander Holsgrove

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What environment are you working in, that 160MB is a lot of disk space? – Sebastian Lenartowicz Sep 16 '16 at 13:57
See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2144406/git-shallow-submodules – Martin Nyolt Sep 16 '16 at 14:20
Sebastian I'm using Sublime editor and terminal, @MartinNyolt - thank you, I'll give that a try – Alexander Holsgrove Sep 16 '16 at 14:23
I have added that I am pointing the submodule at a tag (the latest Wordpress release) rather than following the latest commit in the master branch. – Alexander Holsgrove Sep 16 '16 at 14:38

Wordpress Git submodule very large disk space

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