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Support Git Filters on Clone

Add support for Git's tree-ish filters during the clone process, specifically --filter=blob:none. This will significantly improve clone performance for large monorepos within Spacelift by preventing the download of file contents (blobs) at the initial clone stage.

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Status: ✅ Completed4 comments

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  • Black Breeze

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    Sep 5, 2025

    I’m going to close this now as complete, via sparse checkout functionality. Please give it a chance over a few weeks and reopen if expected speedup is not achieved.

  • Black Breeze

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    Sep 4, 2025

    Landon, we’re launching sparse checkout capability next week, do you think it would address the core problem?