git download

From: Vasilij Demyanov <qvasic@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 23, 2022, 17:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CACtGy4i7Jv+UyjwKOLsMOQwUO81=o98AA5SNwi+=xUB76ehD_g@mail.gmail.com>

Hello everybody!

I have a need to get just one file from a repository, it would be useful to have a command something like this:

git download repo_url branch_or_commit path/to/file

Or maybe there is something like this, I just haven't found it in the docs?

Best regards, Vasyl

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