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 ## Building
 **Warning**: ZLUDA is under heavy development (see news [here](https://vosen.github.io/ZLUDA/blog/zludas-third-life/)). Instructions below might not work.
 
-_Note_: This repo has submodules. Make sure to recurse submodules when cloning this repo, e.g.: `git clone --recursive https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA.git`
+_Note_: This repo has submodules. Make sure to recurse submodules when cloning this repo, e.g.: `git clone --recursive --depth=1 https://github.com/vosen/ZLUDA.git`
 
  You should have a relatively recent version of Rust installed, then you just do: