GIT-BACKFILL(1) (NAME) git-backfill - (SYNOPSIS) git backfill [--min-batch-size=] [--[no-]sparse] [--[no-]include-edges] [] (DESCRIPTION) (Blobless partial clones) git clone --filter=blob:none blob . (fetches) blob . HEAD git checkout git merge blob . (diff) git blame blob . (delta compression) . git backfill blob ( ) blob . backfill blob packfile . git backfill . git clone --filter=blob:none git backfill . git backfill blob HEAD . . . . (OPTIONS) --min-batch-size= . blob . 50,000 . --sparse, --no-sparse sparse-checkout . sparse-checkout --sparse --no-sparse . --include-edges, --no-include-edges blob (boundary commits) backfill . git log -p A..B git replay --onto TARGET A..B A..B A blob A . --include-edges . blob (backfill) . HEAD ( ). "Specifying Ranges" gitrevisions(7) . git-rev-list(1) --first-parent --since (pathspecs) . --filter= git backfill sparse: --sparse . (SEE ALSO) git-clone(1), git-rev-list(1) (GIT) git(1) Git 2.55.0 2026-06-29 GIT-BACKFILL(1)