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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Requirements: `tmux` version 1.9 (or higher), `git`, `bash`.
 Clone TPM:
 
 ```bash
-$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
+$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
 ```
 
 Put this at the bottom of `~/.tmux.conf` (`$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf`