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Re:We Put Half a Million Files in One Git Repository, Here’s... by Ygg2 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @04:20AM (#31763651)
There was pijul. Which allowed partial pulls iirc. I haven't used it, so I can't really recommended it.
Re:We Put Half a Million Files in One Git Repository, Here’s... by maccard on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:12AM (#31763941)
I tried pijul [0] last time this conversation came up and despite its claims it is not fast.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29992875

Re:We Put Half a Million Files in One Git Repository, Here’s... by pmeunier on Thursday June 23, 2022 @03:56PM (#31854384)
Just seeing this now. If you look at the conversation, this was fixed within a few hours.