TIL: git shallow clone: pull, fetch without full history

pew · Dec 17, 2023 · bce5ccc · bce5ccc
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 date created: Tuesday, May 7th 2019, 6:33:01 pm
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+date modified: Sunday, December 17th 2023, 5:40:26 am
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 some commands I always forget
 
+## clone and pull without full history (shallow clone)
+
+**clone:**
+
+```shell
+git clone --depth 1 <repository-url>
+```
+
+**fetch/pull:**
+
+```shell
+git fetch --depth 1
+```
+
+```shell
+git pull --depth 1
+```
+
 ## find deleted file
 
 in order to restore something, you might want to know when it was deleted…: