west --depth 1 hack

depth1.patch

diff --git a/src/west/app/project.py b/src/west/app/project.py
index b7abd1105be7..7c8a7a621736 100644
--- a/src/west/app/project.py
+++ b/src/west/app/project.py
@@ -373,16 +373,16 @@ With neither, -m {MANIFEST_URL_DEFAULT} is assumed.
         if maybe_sha:
             # Fetch the ref-space and hope the SHA is contained in
             # that ref-space
-            self.check_call(('git', 'fetch', 'origin', '--tags',
-                             '--', 'refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'),
+            self.check_call(('git', 'fetch', 'origin', '--depth', '1',
+                             '--', 'refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master'),
                             cwd=dest)
         else:
             # Fetch the ref-space similar to git clone plus the ref
             # given by user.  Redundancy is ok, for example if the user
             # specifies 'heads/master'. This allows users to specify:
             # pull/<no>/head for pull requests
-            self.check_call(('git', 'fetch', 'origin', '--tags', '--',
-                             rev, 'refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*'),
+            self.check_call(('git', 'fetch', 'origin', '--depth', '1', '--',
+                             rev, 'refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/origin/master'),
                             cwd=dest)
 
         try:
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ def _fetch(project, rev=None):
     #
     # --tags is required to get tags, since the remote is specified as a URL.
     log.small_banner(msg)
-    project.git(['fetch', '-f', '--tags'] + depth +
+    project.git(['fetch', '-f', '--depth', '1' ] +
                 ['--', project.url, refspec])
     _update_manifest_rev(project, next_manifest_rev)