Add --depth=1 to README

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Théophile Bastian 2018-08-17 21:00:52 +02:00
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## Compiling
Clone the
[Linux kernel repository](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git)
or get a tarball of its source tree,
then replace the `tools/perf` directory with a clone of this repo.
Clone the [Linux kernel
repository](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git)
or get a tarball of its source tree, then replace the `tools/perf` directory
with a clone of this repo. If you wish to clone the Linux source tree, and if
you're not going to work on it, you might consider passing `--depth=1` to `git
clone`, in order not to download the history, to keep the download light.
Then, `cd tools/perf` and `make`, without forgetting to give the compilation
tools the right version of `libunwind`, eg. by setting `LD_RUN_PATH` and
`LIBUNWIND_DIR`: