I would like to add a tag to a file to easily download that file and not the entire branch.
How do I download a specific file in GIT?
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The way git works is by adding a tag to the entire tree at the state of the commit. There is no way to add a tag to a single file.
Since you are using gitlab, you can just download the file in the right revision from the web interface.
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the problem is that I need something why I am developing a script where I update certain files in specific. – Matias Angeluk Jan 17 '18 at 12:42
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1It's worth mentioning that you *can* tag a blob object, but it's not common to do so. – torek Jan 17 '18 at 15:41
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I am not aware of any way to tag specific files in git.
For the second question: How do I download a specific file in git?
The following works only if you mean "download while in a git repository" (That's how I understand your question, if you mean with git without having the repository see Get a single file from a remote git repository
or Not able to extract single file from remote git server
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$ git checkout tagged-commit -- path/to/file.example
Where tagged-commit can be a lot of things, among others:
- A commit hash
- A git tag
- A branch name
- For more ways see gitrevisions
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Thank you very much. I was looking for that. I appreciate it a lot. regards – Matias Angeluk Jan 17 '18 at 13:48
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For GitLab specifically, downloading a single file is now explicitly supported, since GitLab 11.2 (August 22nd, 2018), thank to Kia Mei Somabes .
See "Download individual repository files":
When browsing through a project repository on GitLab, the need to download a specific file frequently arises. Until now, this was only possible within the GitLab interface by viewing the file in a new browser tab and then saving it.
GitLab 11.2 introduces a new “
Download” button in the file viewer interface, available for each individual repository file, allowing you to download any file directly from the application more easily.
