[PATCH v1 2/3] drm/ci: check-patch: unshallow repository before fetching

[Vignesh Raman]

Hi Daniel,

On 28/03/25 17:05, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Hi Vignesh,
> 
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 at 11:03, Vignesh Raman <vignesh.raman at collabora.com> wrote:
>> Ensure the repository is not shallow before fetching branches in
>> check-patch job. This prevents issues where git merge-base fails
>> due to incomplete history. Set the timeout of check-patch job to 1h.
> 
> Ouch - an hour is pretty brutal. Is there a way to unshallow only back
> to the merge base?

I set it to 1h, but the job is completed in ~15min for
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/vigneshraman/linux/-/merge_requests/18 
which has 486 commits.

I will check if we can unshallow only up to the merge base.

Regards,
Vignesh

> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel