{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107","id":119389040,"number":30107,"title":"Redundant cloning of git submodules","user":{"login":"petevine","id":12054457,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12054457?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine","html_url":"https://github.com/petevine","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-11-29T21:18:45Z","updated_at":"2015-11-30T04:36:04Z","closed_at":null,"body":"When building from git source, the build system makes a deep clone of git submodules, even those, like `jemalloc` or `llvm`, that had been disabled with configure options. (`--disable-jemalloc` and `--llvm-root` respectively)\r\n\r\nNot downloading a couple hundred megabytes of data spread over many thousands of small files is especially important on flash devices. (and slow connections)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues/comments/160513821","html_url":"https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107#issuecomment-160513821","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rust/issues/30107","id":160513821,"user":{"login":"petevine","id":12054457,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12054457?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine","html_url":"https://github.com/petevine","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/petevine/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-30T04:36:04Z","updated_at":"2015-11-30T04:36:04Z","body":"Yep, that would be a great start. However the gist of this report is to completely forego downloading the source trees that are never going to be used."}}