[darrenf]

OK so `git clone --filter=blob:none`, then. That downloads the tip and commit history, but no historic blobs. `git blame` then works by downloading missing blobs on demand, which doesn't sound too different to making an API call.

[fragmede]

Which, yes, but now we're at the "instead of using Dropbox I would just rsync to my Linux server" stage of it being a product.