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How to clone a subdirectory of a git project (not downloading the zip).
source link: https://dev.to/sanixdarker/git-cloning-a-subdirectory-of-a-gi-project-2mld
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How to clone a subdirectory of a git project (not downloading the zip).
Aug 21
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Have you ever wonder a way to clone a specific folder in a git repository ?
hop hop hop, easy.. he was not talking about Downloading a ZIP(like DownGit does), but only cloning a sub-dir, just to make things clear !
I got that question from a friend, and i wrote a small and interesting bash script to do so :
#!/bin/bash
# First parameter is the sub-directory-absolute-path
# Second parameter is the link of the repo
# A smart split to get the repo-name, with / as a separator
REPO_NAME="$(echo $2 | grep -oE '[^/]+$')"
git init $REPO_NAME
cd $REPO_NAME
git remote add origin $2
git config core.sparsecheckout true
# Specipy the sub directory
echo "$1/*" >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
# then get it, the depth is the way too far wher you can go...
git pull origin master
# and badaboum, you only get your sub-dir
# this script is functionnal for github/gitlab and bitbucket
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