Microsoft Announces Git Partial Clone Support in Azure DevOps
Briefly

Partial clones represent a streamlined version of git clones initiated through specific command line arguments. Repositories that employ partial clones have demonstrated an average reduction of 88.6% in cloning time.
With partial clones, the download of numerous objects is postponed until they are required, reducing cloning time by an average of 88.6%.
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