[Buildroot] Why not perform a shallow clone?

[Samuel Martin]

Hi,

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 8:30 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
> So I'm sitting here watching my buildroot make do a complete clone of
> the Linux kernel, where I have told it that I want a specific sha1
> commit and I started wondering...
>
> Why not do a shallow clone?
It tries, but cannot (see
https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/tree/support/download/git#n34)

>
> Has it been tried?  Is it a bad idea?
Yes, and no ;-)

Regards,

-- 
Samuel