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Remove mention of manyFiles git option (spack#50874)
Since we only have ~1700 files, which isn't that many.
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README.md

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git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
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git clone --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
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<details>
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<summary>What are <code>manyFiles=true</code> and <code>--depth=2</code>?</summary>
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> `-c feature.manyFiles=true` improves git's performance on repositories with 1,000+ files.
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> `--depth=2` prunes the git history to reduce the size of the Spack installation.
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</details>
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```bash
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# For bash/zsh/sh
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. spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh

lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst

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$ git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
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$ git clone --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
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This will create a directory called ``spack``. Once you have cloned Spack, we recommend sourcing the appropriate script for your shell:
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That's it! You're ready to use Spack.
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``-c feature.manyFiles=true`` improves Git's performance on repositories with 1,000+ files.
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``--depth=2`` prunes the git history to reduce the size of the Spack installation.
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lib/spack/docs/index.rst

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$ git clone -c feature.manyFiles=true --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
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$ git clone --depth=2 https://github.com/spack/spack.git
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$ cd spack/bin
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$ ./spack install libelf
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``-c feature.manyFiles=true`` improves Git's performance on repositories with 1,000+ files.
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If you're new to Spack and want to start using it, see :doc:`getting_started`,

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