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ailsa wang
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ailsa wang
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Posted by ailsa wang
ailsa wang
Courses Plus Student 1,791 Points

how to clone part of git repo? here is what i googled:mkdir repo1 cd myrepo1 git init git config but not working!

i want to clone part of a large git repo. on stackoverflow, some say this would do: mkdir repo1 cd myrepo1 git init git config core.sparseCheckout true git remote add -f origin /url/of/repo1 echo module1/*> .git/info/sparse-checkout git fetch git checkout master however, i tried several times. this doesn't help. kindly help me!

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Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

Checkout this question on Stack Overflow: Download a single folder or directory from a GitHub repo

These two tools linked in that question might be of use to you:

Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

Alexander Nikiforov, me either, until I looked for an answer to this question! :)