Add Clone A Repo Just For The Files, Without History as a git til

README.md

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 - [Cherry Pick A Range Of Commits](git/cherry-pick-a-range-of-commits.md)
 - [Clean Out All Local Branches](git/clean-out-all-local-branches.md)
 - [Clean Up Old Remote Tracking References](git/clean-up-old-remote-tracking-references.md)
+- [Clone A Repo Just For The Files, Without History](git/clone-a-repo-just-for-the-files-without-history.md)
 - [Clone A Repo Locally From .git](git/clone-a-repo-locally-from-git.md)
 - [Configure Global gitignore File](git/configure-global-gitignore-file.md)
 - [Configuring The Pager](git/configuring-the-pager.md)

git/clone-a-repo-just-for-the-files-without-history.md

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+# Clone A Repo Just For The Files, Without History
+
+Though the history of a Git repository is a huge part of its value, sometimes
+you just want a copy of the files for the current state of the main branch.
+
+Using the `--depth` flag with `git-clone` allows you to clone a repo without
+its history. You can do that with a depth of `1` which will clone the top of
+the tree and exclude all the past history.
+
+```bash
+$ git clone --depth 1 git@github.com:jbranchaud/til.git
+```
+
+If you do a `git log` after this, you'll see there is only one commit in the
+history. Depending on the size and history of the repo, you may notice that the
+clone is quicker than one that includes the full history.
+
+See `man git-clone` for more details.