Git clone any sub-directories/parts of a GitHub repo
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Re: Git clone any sub-directories/parts of a GitHub repo
#2Excuse my ignorance.
The advantage of this tool over 'git clone --depth 1' is that this tool can clone just specific files?
Re: Git clone any sub-directories/parts of a GitHub repo
#3I still wish git could submodule to a specific directory in the sub-repository!
Re: Git clone any sub-directories/parts of a GitHub repo
#4can i see a performance comparison here with total times? Why not just git clone --depth 1?
With github API rate limiting it seems ridiculous to expect it to be faster than a basic shallow git clone.
Re: Git clone any sub-directories/parts of a GitHub repo
#5Excuse my ignorance. The advantage of this tool over 'git clone --depth 1' is that this tool can clone just specific files?
A motivational section in readme would be useful.
I can imagine that it’s mostly for convenience.
I can think of use cases including:
- downloading a single package from a monorepo
- being able to copy paste a url from GitHub for the directory you are currently viewing
Re: Git clone any sub-directories/parts of a GitHub repo
#6Excuse my ignorance. The advantage of this tool over 'git clone --depth 1' is that this tool can clone just specific files?
A motivational section in readme would be useful. I can imagine that it’s mostly for convenience. I can think of use cases including: - downloading a single package from a monorepo - being able to copy paste a url from GitHub for the directory you are currently viewing
Thanks for the suggestion, added :)
Yeah as you've said, I often find myself wanting to only download a certain directory, path or package of an especially big repo that I'm currently viewing (without even cloning the entire repo at depth 1) and to do so by simply copy & pasting the GitHub URL so that's why. Probably more instances where this might come in handy ;)