Git only checkout certain directories

Question

How can I setup my git project to only clone/checkout certain directories.

In my project I have the following directories

/dira
/dirb
/dirc

In some cases I would only like to checkout dira, in some cases I would only like to checkout dirb, and in some cases I would only like to checkout dirc. There are also times I would want to checkout all 3 directories.

I have looked into sparse checkout but it appears you can only setup one way of partially cloning the repository — zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, Apr 29 '16 at 23:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '16 at 00:02

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Its pretty simple but you cant configure git to do automatically:

# Checkout any desired file or path
git checkout <commit id> -- /path/to/dir

Note

The 2 -- at the end are important and cannot be left off.

answered Apr 30 '16 at 00:02

CodeWizard

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Cool, in Jenkins you can use the shell box to execute scripts. – CodeWizard Apr 30 '16 at 00:25

Git only checkout certain directories

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