diff --git a/src/bin/screens/edi_welcome.c b/src/bin/screens/edi_welcome.c
index 5bee799..454f2e4 100644
--- a/src/bin/screens/edi_welcome.c
+++ b/src/bin/screens/edi_welcome.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ _edi_welcome_clone_thread_run_cb(void *data, Ecore_Thread *thread EINA_UNUSED)
 {
    Edi_Welcome_Data *wd = data;
 
-   wd->status = edi_scm_git_clone(wd->url, wd->dir);
+   wd->status = edi_scm_git_clone(wd->url, wd->dir, EINA_TRUE);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/lib/edi_create.c b/src/lib/edi_create.c
index 6549dd9..56349f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/edi_create.c
+++ b/src/lib/edi_create.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ edi_create_example(const char *example_name, const char *parentdir,
    if (ecore_file_exists(examplepath))
      status = edi_scm_git_update(examplepath);
    else
-     status = edi_scm_git_clone(EXAMPLES_GIT_URL, examplepath);
+     status = edi_scm_git_clone(EXAMPLES_GIT_URL, examplepath, EINA_FALSE);
 
    if (status)
      {
diff --git a/src/lib/edi_scm.c b/src/lib/edi_scm.c
index 8c54bae..aed5ec5 100644
--- a/src/lib/edi_scm.c
+++ b/src/lib/edi_scm.c
@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ edi_scm_git_new(void)
 }
 
 EAPI int
-edi_scm_git_clone(const char *url, const char *dir)
+edi_scm_git_clone(const char *url, const char *dir, Eina_Bool history)
 {
    int code;
    Eina_Strbuf *command = eina_strbuf_new();
 
-   eina_strbuf_append_printf(command, "git clone '%s' '%s'", url, dir);
+   if (history)
+     eina_strbuf_append_printf(command, "git clone '%s' '%s'", url, dir);
+   else
+     eina_strbuf_append_printf(command, "git clone --depth 1 '%s' '%s'", url, dir);
+
    code = edi_exe_wait(eina_strbuf_string_get(command));
 
    eina_strbuf_free(command);
diff --git a/src/lib/edi_scm.h b/src/lib/edi_scm.h
index aad00a1..dac6ffb 100644
--- a/src/lib/edi_scm.h
+++ b/src/lib/edi_scm.h
@@ -132,11 +132,13 @@ EAPI int edi_scm_git_new(void);
  *
  * @param url The URL to clone from.
  * @param dir The new directory that will be created to clone into.
+ * @param history Whether to clone a full git history or single commit.
+ *
  * @return The status code of the clone command.
  *
  * @ingroup Scm
  */
-EAPI int edi_scm_git_clone(const char *url, const char *dir);
+EAPI int edi_scm_git_clone(const char *url, const char *dir, Eina_Bool history);
 
 /**
  * Update a local git repository from remote source.