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title: "Shallow clone a old repo"
description: "If you don't need the full git history for a repo you will be working on you can supply a clone depth to only clone x revisions of the repo."
canonical: https://oozou.com/til/shallow-clone-a-old-repo-2
locale: en
date: 2020-10-13
topic: shell
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# Shallow clone a old repo

> If you don't need the full git history for a repo you will be working on you can supply a clone depth to only clone x revisions of the repo.

Published: 2020-10-13 · Topic: [shell](https://oozou.com/til-topics/shell) ([markdown](https://oozou.com/til-topics/shell.md))

If you don't need the full git history for a repo you will be working on you can supply a clone depth to only clone x revisions of the repo.

*git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/my/repo.git*

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