[PATCH] D97118: [Docs] Mention clone depth feature of git in LLVM getting started

[Shivam Gupta via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

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The current size of the llvm-project repository exceeds 1 GB. A shallow clone can save a lot of space and time. Some developers might not aware of this feature.


Repository:
  rG LLVM Github Monorepo

https://reviews.llvm.org/D97118

Files:
  llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst


Index: llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
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--- llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
+++ llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
    * ``git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git``
    * Or, on windows, ``git clone --config core.autocrlf=false
      https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git``
+   * To save storage and time you may want to download the clone with a desire
+     depth, for example to get the latest revision of the LLVM project use
+     ``git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git``
 
 #. Configure and build LLVM and Clang:
 


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