$ time git clone https://git.launchpad.net/cloud-init
Cloning into 'cloud-init'...
remote: Counting objects: 21730, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7258/7258), done.
remote: Total 21730 (delta 15266), reused 20531 (delta 14212)
Receiving objects: 100% (21730/21730), 16.63 MiB | 4.18 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (15266/15266), done.
Checking connectivity... done.

real	0m7.598s
user	0m1.552s
sys	0m0.408s