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Newbie: Do I need to download the entire repo to work on just 1 file?

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ARAnthony Rasmussen <evoluenta@hotmail.com>
Date
Mar 22, 2009, 22:08 UTC
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Hi all,
The large website has a developers-only version of the site published on a server, which is tracked by git.

I only have to work on 1 file. I'd like to work on it, test changes on the dev site, work on it some more, then commit when ready.

Do I have to download the entire rep onto my laptop in order to do this?  I have read and read, but I am quite confused :)
Thanks for your help!

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