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Git shallow clone: only branches with recent activity, as determined by Github
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add-recent-branches-list.sh
# from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58702233/git-shallow-clone-only-branches-with-activity-last-x-months
export URL=https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/branches/active
curl $URL > x.html
printf '\n-- Commands to add the remote branches to the fetch list:\n'
grep 'data-branch-name' x.html | sed -r 's/^.*data-branch-name="(.*?)"(.*$)/git remote set-branches --add origin \1/'
printf '\n-- Modification dates for these branches:\n'
grep 'time-ago' x.html | sed -r 's/^.*datetime="(....-..-..).*$/\1/'
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