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hasufell <hasufell@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> With rsync I believe you can exclude categories:
>> http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/TIP_Exclude_categories_from_emerge_sync
>
> That is uninformed.

I think he is right.

> check the --depth option of git. You can even clone specific tags with
> --depth=1.

Every tag will still contain all categories:
AFAIK, with git, it is not possible to update everyting but e.g. *access*
*kde* *i10n* *gnome* if you know that you will never install an
ebuild from these categories.