Optimize git clone operations in any environment — up to 93% reduction in clone times and 98% reduction in disk space usage — with the Git Much Faster script.

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Git Much Faster is a benchmarking script that dramatically reduces Git clone times by up to 93% and disk usage by 98% through optimized configurations. The tool addresses performance bottlenecks in large repositories by disabling compression, increasing HTTP buffers, using shallow clones, and implementing sparse checkout. Benchmarks show significant improvements across major repositories like Linux kernel and Chromium, with the custom optimization approach consistently outperforming Git's built-in Scalar tool.

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Project overview: What is Git Much Faster?

Technical deep dive: The optimization strategies