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Re: clone part of a repo?

From
Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2014, 23:13 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:44 AM, leam hall <leamhall@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to clone part of a repo? For example, if Joe has a repo
> of great code and all I'm interested in is one section, can I clone
> just that one section?

That's what I call 'narrow clone' and no it's not supported (work started long ago and stalled)

-- 
Duy
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