title: git shallow clone to specific tag
body: <p>I want to clone the Linux kernel repo, but only from version 3.0 onwards, since the kernel repo is so huge it makes my versioning tools run faster if I can do a shallow clone. The core of my question is: how can I tell git what the "n" value is for the --depth parameter? I was hoping this would work:</p>
  
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    <p>git clone <a href="http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git" rel="noreferrer">http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git</a> --depth v3.0</p>
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  <p>thanks.</p>