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Cloning a single path of a bare git repository

I am trying to add a post-commit hook to a bare repository, such that whenever a commit is made the changed files are automatically installed in a (hardcoded) directory.

Is there a way to fetch a single file from the repository?

git-clone does not appear to allow for specifying a path, and any other commands that I found (git-fetch, git-pull) seem to require an existing local git repository to work.

Is there a way to do this?

Solution

  • You may find the answers in: How to do a "git export"

    In particular, git checkout-index will probably do the job for you:

    git checkout-index -a -f --prefix=/destination/path/

    Don't forget the trailing slash or this command won't do exactly what you want.