git-clone:tldr:532ed

The command git clone --depth ${10} ${remote_repository_location} is used to clone a repository from a remote location using Git, with a specific depth set to clone only a certain number of commits from the repository's history.

Here's what each part of the command means:

• git clone: This initiates the cloning process in Git, creating a copy of the remote repository onto your local machine.
• --depth ${10}: This option sets the depth of the clone. The value ${10} is a placeholder for the desired depth, which specifies the number of most recent commits you want to retrieve from the remote repository. For example, if you want to clone only the last 10 commits, you would replace ${10} with 10.
• ${remote_repository_location}: This variable represents the location of the remote repository you want to clone. It can be a URL (e.g., a GitHub repository) or a local path to the repository directory.

By specifying the depth, you can limit the amount of data downloaded during the cloning process, making it faster and taking up less storage space on your machine. However, note that using a shallow clone with limited commit history can have some limitations when it comes to certain Git operations that require the full repository history.