"[Linux] Speedup Linux clone"

Background

In Nov. 2015, kernel.org announced that Fastly(a CDN provider) offered CDN service to provide fast download for Linux kernel releases.

How to use this feature

  1. Download Linux bundle

    $ wget -c --no-check-certificate https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/clone.bundle

    In Shanghai, it only takes about 20min to download the bundle.

  2. Verify downloaded bundle

    $ git bundle verify clone.bundle

  3. Clone from the bundle

    $ git clone clone.bundle linux

  4. Change 'origin' point to the live git repo

    $ cd linux
$ git remote remove origin
$ git remote add origin https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
$ git pull origin master

Now, everything is done.

What is git bundle?

refer this link

References

[1] https://www.kernel.org/category/site-news.html
[2] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bundle