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Is there any way to clone a git repository’s sub-directory only?
clone parts of a github project

I am new to Git and Github, and I’d like to check out a project hosted there and work on it, but there is quite a bit of source to check out. I really only want to check out one module, but I can’t seem to find the right commands.

I really just want this. I’ve forked it, but the fork seems to be the whole project, and I have no idea how to pull down only the submodule.

I tried this:

$ git submodule add [e-mail]:javamonkey79/restlet-framework-java modules/org.restlet.ext.jaxrs

And this:

$ git submodule add [e-mail]:javamonkey79/restlet-framework-java.git modules/org.restlet.ext.jaxrs

But neither of these are right.

Is what I am trying to do possible? If so, how?

Answer 1

You can’t do this. You have to clone the whole repository. But you can checkout only subdirectories you really need using sparse checkouts