`git clone` with `--depth=1`?

[sdetweil]

@kristjanesperanto if you use my install script it does that

[KristjanESPERANTO]

That’s interesting, but I’m talking about the official documentation here :-)

[karsten13]

@kristjanesperanto

single branch could be another option like here.

But we should update the doc from npm install to npm install --only=prod (sam uses this already in his install script), because the devDependencies are really fat.

[KristjanESPERANTO]

Ah, I didn’t know --single-branch yet. But yes, that sounds reasonable too.

Optimizing both (git clone and npm install) would speed up the setup process, especially on slow machines. Since a simple user just copies the commands from the documentation, these changes wouldn’t complicate the process any further.

[sdetweil]

@kristjanesperanto one side effect, getting to the develop branch requires a little extra work

see
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/14327/testing-new-fixes-or-solving-current-problems-with-next-release-code