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checking out a portion of a git repository

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Mar 15, 20268917 views
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Problem

How can I check out just a portion of a Git repository? I have a repository that has several modules, and I only want one of the modules installed on a particular site. In Subversion, I'd do .

Error Output

svn export http://example.com/repository/path/to/module ./module-name

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Fix for: checking out a portion of a git repository

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As @Chris mentioned, current versions of Git do support sparse checkout. To convert a local repo to contain only specified directories: Now, to remove all, but the specified directories:

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