Fetch large commit history without every blob

—filter blob

Source

• https://github.blog/open-source/git/get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/#user-content-partial-clone

• use --filter=blob:none to only download the commits and trees

git clone --filter=blob:none <url>
# or
git fetch --filter=blob:none [options...]

• only when you then do a checkout of a certain commit, git will download the corresponding blobs for that commit