Pull git contents without the meta content

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Example: Git Repository abc.git contains tracked files abc-home.txt and abc-artifact.img

When I do git clone I get the files and git creates a .git directory with the meta information. Can I ask git to give me just the files without the meta information?

clarification Edit: I'm pulling from a remote bare repo.

possible duplicate of [cp command should ignore some files](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3672480/cp-command-should-ignore-some-files) — rajuGT, Sep 25 '15 at 12:34
@rajuGT No, that's definitely not a duplicate of the question you suggested. — David Ferenczy Rogožan, Sep 25 '15 at 12:44
possible duplicate of [Do a "git export" (like "svn export")?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/160608/do-a-git-export-like-svn-export) — David Ferenczy Rogožan, Sep 25 '15 at 12:55
@fir3x Please consider marking some answer as an accepted answer, so others can more easily find a help, if this question won't be closed as a duplicate. — David Ferenczy Rogožan, Sep 25 '15 at 14:05

David Ferenczy Rogožan · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-25T13:00:05.363

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You can use git archive and extract it immediately using tar:

git archive <branch-name> | tar -xC ./extract-here

Or if you're fine with an archive, you can create a zip of your repository:

git archive --format zip --output <repository.zip> <branch-name>

If you don't have a clone of repository locally, just add option --remote=<repository-url> to the git archive command.

edited Sep 25 '15 at 13:00

answered Sep 25 '15 at 12:41

David Ferenczy Rogožan

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