<# .SYNOPSIS Clones a shallow Git repo .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script clones popular Git repositories into a common target directory. .PARAMETER URL .PARAMETER branchName .PARAMETER targetDir Specifies the file path to the target directory (current working directory by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./clone-shallow C:\MyRepos .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$targetDir = "$PWD") try { $stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() $ git clone --branch $branchName --single-branch --depth 1 --recurse-submodules $URL $targetDir [int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✅ Cloned the shallow repository in $elapsed sec" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }