git clone https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-ports.git is very slow.

[elephant]

I'm seeing a download rate of 50 kB / second. I don't remember portsnap taking this long.

 

[elephant]

... and I forgot --depth 1.

 

[diizzy]

Use another mirror?

freebsd-ports

FreeBSD ports tree

codeberg.org

FreeBSD / FreeBSD ports · GitLab

GitLab.com

gitlab.com

If you're looking for speed https://www.freshports.org/devel/gitoxide/ is usually quite a bit faster than git to clone repos.