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Extremely slow cloning repos

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Description

When I clone a large repository it is downloading very slowly. My connection is 100mbps and tests ok, it’s just github that is slow. varying between 50 to 200 kbps. It never used to be so slow.

Version

GitHub Desktop: 1.6.2

Operating system: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.590]

Steps to Reproduce

Install Github desktop if not already installed. Sign into account. Clone a large repository (In my case its 1gb)

Expected Behavior

Download within a decent timeframe

Actual Behavior

Takes about an hour to close

Additional Information

I have checked my network connection and have no issues with national or international bandwidth. I am located in Australia.

githubreport

Logs

2019-02-28.desktop.production.log

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:10 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

6reactions

codingedwardcommented, May 3, 2021

Same here, getting 1-2KiB/s using git clone on command line.

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justingolden21commented, Jul 13, 2020

I’ve been getting 1-7KiB/s for about a half hour now, and our internet is awful, but not that awful. I’ve tried stopping the clone and restarting the application, and it still gets hung in the same place.