Author: Sushma Unnibhavi Date: 2021-05-05T21:37:53+05:30 New Revision: 67ee2f870d3b06a5684251272eae36d6e0f519b0
URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/67ee2f870d3b06a5684251272eae36d6e0f519b0 DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/67ee2f870d3b06a5684251272eae36d6e0f519b0.diff LOG: Added a faster method to clone llvm project [DOCS] Reviewed By: xgupta, amccarth Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D101433 Added: Modified: clang/www/get_started.html Removed: ################################################################################ diff --git a/clang/www/get_started.html b/clang/www/get_started.html index aacf55af8f574..40a05d92fb491 100755 --- a/clang/www/get_started.html +++ b/clang/www/get_started.html @@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ <h3 id="buildNix">On Unix-like Systems</h3> <ul> <li>Change directory to where you want the llvm directory placed.</li> <li><tt>git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git</tt></li> + <li>The above command is very slow. It can be made faster by creating a shallow clone. Shallow clone saves storage and speeds up the checkout time. This is done by using the command: + <ul> + <li><tt>git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git (using this only the latest version of llvm can be built)</tt></li> + <li>For normal users looking to just compile, this command works fine. But if someone later becomes a contributor, since they can't push code from a shallow clone, it needs to be converted into a full clone: + <ul> + <li><tt>cd llvm-project</tt></li> + <li><tt>git fetch --unshallow</tt></li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + </li> </ul> </li> <li>Build LLVM and Clang: _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
