diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git index 661e0d674c5..8110d670e41 100755 --- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git +++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ url_to_name(){ fi } -# Fetch everything and checkout the right sha1 +# Fetch and checkout the right sha1 checkout_hash(){ local hash="$1" local ref="$2" @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ checkout_hash(){ hash=$(hash_from_ref "$ref") fi + clean_git fetch ${builder:+--progress} --depth=1 origin "$hash" || \ clean_git fetch -t ${builder:+--progress} origin || return 1 local object_type=$(git cat-file -t "$hash")