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MikeMB
MikeMB

Reputation: 21156

Selective checkout

I have a small c++ header-only utilities library that is roughly organized like hits:

my_lib_root\
   - my_lib    # actual library headers
   - test_src  # unit test files
   - proj      # project files for the unit tests and development (e.g. visual studio solution file)
   - ...       # some more files like readme, ci config, clang_format ...

When I want to use it in another project, I usually just add this library as a submodule and add my_lib_root to the include paths (so I can access the headers via #include <my_lib/header1.h>):

my_app\
   - libs\
       - my_lib_root\
            - my_lib
            - test_src
            - ...
   - src
   - ...

However, this pulls in a lot of stuff, which is only relevant when I'm doing the actual development of my_lib, so I wonder, if there is a way to only checkout the my_lib subfolder:

my_app\
   - libs\
       - my_lib_root\
            - my_lib                
   - src
   - ...

Ideally, I'd even like to get rid of my_lib_rootcompletely:

my_app\
   - libs\         
       - my_lib                
   - src
   - ...

Is there any way in git to achieve one of the above two results?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1066

Answers (1)

root
root

Reputation: 3947

You can do this using sparse-checkout.

There is a already a question about this in SO. Check this out. How do I clone a subdirectory only of a Git repository?

Upvotes: 1

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