How to get a just specific checkout of a git repo not all of it

golden_boy615 · 02-24-2014, 02:38 AM

Hi
How can I get just specific checkout of a git repo not all of it with git command line?

pan64 · 02-24-2014, 05:39 AM

you would need to specify what do you really mean by that. In general you can checkout a given state of the repo. This will define all the available (visible) files and their versions as well.

golden_boy615 · 02-25-2014, 12:16 AM

I mean there is a git repo on remote and I have nothing of it localy but I do not want to get all of it I just want a branch of it or a specific commit of the repo . your answer was about a repo that localy exists which I knew it and is not my qurstion.
thanks

pan64 · 02-25-2014, 02:32 AM

git-clone has an option to clone only a single branch. In that case your local repo will contain commits only related to that branch. But anyway you can only checkout a full set (of files) of a selected commit.

golden_boy615 · 02-26-2014, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

git-clone has an option to clone only a single branch. In that case your local repo will contain commits only related to that branch. But anyway you can only checkout a full set (of files) of a selected commit.

thanks but what is that option in git clone?

pan64 · 02-26-2014, 01:44 AM

git clone --single-branch
since git 1.7.10 I think
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-branch-in-git

golden_boy615 · 03-06-2014, 12:07 AM

does it work for a specific commit ?

pan64 · 03-06-2014, 12:43 AM

what do you mean by that? you cannot clone a commit but a branch or the whole repo.

golden_boy615 · 03-09-2014, 08:22 AM

I mean how can I get files of a specific commit?

pan64 · 03-09-2014, 08:29 AM

you need to download (clone) the repo, or at least a branch to get any files. Remember every commit will change the state of the repo and you can only have access to those states (by setting HEAD) - containing all the files belonging to that state, and not the change itself.