feat(config): added option to disable git filter. NOT recommended. Fixes #442

lua/lazy/core/config.lua

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ M.defaults = {
     log = { "--since=3 days ago" }, -- show commits from the last 3 days
     timeout = 120, -- kill processes that take more than 2 minutes
     url_format = "https://github.com/%s.git",
+    -- lazy.nvim requires git >=2.19.0. If you really want to use lazy with an older version,
+    -- then set the below to false. This is should work, but is NOT supported and will
+    -- increase downloads a lot.
+    filter = true,
   },
   dev = {
     -- directory where you store your local plugin projects

lua/lazy/manage/task/git.lua

@@ -64,10 +64,16 @@ M.clone = {
     local args = {
       "clone",
       self.plugin.url,
-      "--filter=blob:none",
+    }
+
+    if Config.options.git.filter then
+      args[#args + 1] = "--filter=blob:none"
+    end
+
+    vim.list_extend(args, {
       "--recurse-submodules",
       "--progress",
-    }
+    })
 
     if self.plugin.branch then
       vim.list_extend(args, { "-b", self.plugin.branch })