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Is there any way to clone a git repository’s sub-directory only?
Is it possible to clone a repository but some files?
Let's say I don't want to clone the example folder, because anyway I'll delete it after.
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3No. You could stop including example via git ignore OR you could use a hook to auto delete example each time you clone. But genetically there is no easy command for this as it violates the very concept of DVCS – Kansha Feb 05 '13 at 05:42
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@svnpenn, thanks for the link, I didn't find anything on my previous researchs – Jonathan de M. Feb 05 '13 at 06:01
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The short answer - No. Git clone will always clone the complete file structure.
If you want to minimise the amount of data over the network you can use
git clone --depth 1.
To achieve what you are asking for:
mkdir repo
cd repo
git init
git remote add -f origin $URL
git config core.sparseCheckout true
echo '$DIRNAME' >> .git/info/sparse-checkout # Do this for every directory you want.
git fetch
git checkout $BRANCH # Typically master
But I think that in your case, it is probably easier to just remove the examples directory.
