Initiate the clone with:

; curl  -D - "localhost:7878/api/repos/sync?repo=github.com/bloopai/bloop&shallow=true"

This will create a shallow clone (1 commit depth), and a fast index of the repository in question, without looking at the body of any of the files.

After this process is done, the repository ends up in a Shallow state, which means it won't automatically be refreshed until the file filters are configured.

To configure file filters, use the following call:

; curl 'http://127.0.0.1:7878/api/repos/indexed?repo=github.com%2Fbloopai%2Fbloop' \
-X 'PATCH' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*' \
--data-binary '{"file_filter": {"rules": [{"include_file": "flake.lock"}, {"include_regex": "^server/"}]}}'

The first call to this will automatically create a Git clone of 1000 commits in depth, and allows syncing the repo fully with the configured file filters.

Note that file filters are additive, and prioritise inclusion over exclusion. In other words, once something's been added to the index, can't be marked to be removed from the index without removing the repository completely!