How to checkout only the current version, not all revisions

[pclouds]

Hi,
Here is what i usually do in cvs/svn
cvs co something
./configure && make && blah blah
cvs up # after some days
make

When i do such a thing with bzr, it pulls all revisions which i don't
really need. I just need a "snapshot" of the repository with ability
to update the snapshot. Pulling the whole repo costs more bandwidth,
money and time so I wish bzr just get the lastest snapshot. Can I do
that?
Thanks
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