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sparse-checkout

If you have to look something up more than twice, you need a cheat sheet for quick reference.

sparse-checkout file is located in the .git/info directory

Use this example to add additional directories to the sparce-checkout file:

some/path/in/the/repo/

Use this example to add specific files to the sparce-checkout file:

some/path/in/the/repo/myfile.txt

Initial Setup

mkdir myrepo
cd myrepo
git init
git config core.sparseCheckout true
git remote add -f origin git://...
git remote add origin https://github.com/user/repo.git
echo "path/within_repo/to/desired_subdir/*" > .git/info/sparse-checkout
git checkout [branchname] # ex: master
  • Create and navigate to the directory
mkdir myrepo
cd myrepo
  • Initialize a new repository
git init
  • Enable sparseCheckout
git config core.sparseCheckout true
  • Add the remote origin
git remote add -f origin https://github.com/user/repo.git
  • Add the path of the repo that you want to checkout
echo "path/within_repo/to/desired_subdir/*" > .git/info/sparse-checkout
  • Checkout the repo
git checkout master
git pull origin master
  • LFS Issue when moving LFS from github to gitlab http://gopalkri.com/2016/10/07/Migrating-Repositories-With-Git-Lfs/ TL;DR - Moved my LFS enabled repo from github to gitlab and my LFS files were not auto-magically transferred. All files have to be fetched and then pushed to the new repo service. PS don't do this from a repo that has sparse-checkout enabled.
git lfs fetch --all 
git lfs push gitlab --all

-- Update the .git/info/sparse-checkout with additional directories and/or files to checkout.
git read-tree -mu HEAD