# clone part of a repo?

2 messages from 2014-11-03 to 2014-11-03. Participants: leam hall, Duy Nguyen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/37874

## leam hall, 2014-11-03 19:44

Subject: clone part of a repo?
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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?

Thanks!

Leam


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Mind on a Mission

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## Duy Nguyen, 2014-11-03 23:13

Subject: Re: clone part of a repo?
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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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