chongshenng/shallow_submodule_clone.md

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Clone your submodule shallowly

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# add shallow submodule
git submodule add --depth 1 <repo-url> <path>
git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.shallow true

# later unshallow
git config -f .gitmodules submodule.<path>.shallow false
git submodule update <path>

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/17692710

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