[stinos]

How on Earth can anybody work like that?

Since it's look like they are still migrating I don't think a lot of people actually did work like that. Maybe just a couple of times to figure out how long it would actually take. Or maybe those who really use it are actually doing shallow clones which would probably take much less time. Actually shallow clone is nice but doesn't seem to be known very well. I use it often if I know I won't ever need the full history anyway. Also great to shave time of CI builds.

[OJFord]

Shallow clones are great, until they're not. I don't think I've ever (having tried a few times) cleanly cloned 'below' the graft point when I've needed to, or a different branch.