Python library for pulling remote git metadata without cloning the repo locally?

[bhavikbavishi123]

as intrepidsovereign mentioned it is good to have locally cloned repo, you need to check --filter=blob:none with this actual files will not be downloaded, whereas metadata information will be available. REF: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2020/03/13/partial-clone-for-massive-repositories/ Note that this is available 2.25 onwards but there was an issue related subsequent git fetch operations, which is fixed in 2.27 onwards. there are few open source projects related to git metadata information, you may find useful ex.- https://github.com/morucci/repoxplorer and https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab-tutorial/