Checkout single folder in Git

Question

I've cloned my repository via git clone, and now I want to checkout a folder.

Source folder: /opt/XYZ/foldertochecout

and it should be checked out to

/var/www/foldertochecout

Is that possible and how?

No sorry thats not the answer of my question ... – Felix Mar 09 '15 at 12:42 — Felix, Mar 09 '15 at 12:42

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '15 at 12:50

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git checkout allows specifying a path after the -- argument separator. So for example, this will check out only that directory:

git checkout HEAD -- opt/XYZ/foldertocheckout

(assuming that opt/XYZ/ is also part of your repository—although that seems a bit unlikely and XYZ is probably your repository directory)

answered Mar 09 '15 at 12:50

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this is the reopository: /opt/XYZ and the foldertochecout is a subfolder in the repository. and I want to check it out in the apach folder under /var/www/destination – Felix Mar 09 '15 at 12:56

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