Clone only a specific commit using git

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I have to build a patched kernel based on the 4.1.2 mainline kernel. I know that I need the commit $commit_num. Unfortunately, my network connection is slow, so downloading the whole repo with history would take ages.

Is it possible to download only this one commit? I don't have the repo cloned.

possible duplicate of [Pull a specific commit from a remote Git repository](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14872486/pull-a-specific-commit-from-a-remote-git-repository) — jub0bs, Aug 20 '15 at 14:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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According to the answer here, the only thing you can try is

git archive -o kernel.tar --remote=git://${YOUR_GIT_REPO_URL} ${YOUR_GIT_HASH}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:06

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answered Aug 20 '15 at 14:32

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '15 at 14:33

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If the host allows it, you can use git archive to get a zipped up tree of files:

git archive --format=zip --remote=git://git.foo.com/project.git <commit-or-tag>

answered Aug 20 '15 at 14:33

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Clone only a specific commit using git

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