Selective Git Clone

A python script which clones a github repository's structure from root of repository or from a particular folder

Running the Script

Run the script with

python3 cloneSelective.py -u <Github_Repository_URL> [-p Folder_Path] [-s] [-b Branch_Name] [-d]

• -u : Specify the URL of repository to clone from
• -p : Specify required file/folder to selectively clone, If the option is not specified the entire repository is cloned
• -b : Specify the branch to clone, If the option is not specified the master branch is chosen
• -d : Clones only the file/folder mentioned in -p directly without creating the parent directories or other files
• -s : Clone the specified file/folder but create empty directories/files for other things in the repository for future use

Clone a folder

python3 cloneSelective.py -u https://github.com/anishbadhri/Formula_Tree -p FormulaTree/ -d

Clone a file

python3 cloneSelective.py -u https://github.com/anishbadhri/Formula_Tree -p FormulaTree/Formula.cpp -d

Clone full repository

python3 cloneSelective.py -u https://github.com/anishbadhri/Formula_Tree

Clone a different branch

python3 cloneSelective.py -u https://github.com/anishbadhri/Formula_Tree -b alternate -d

Requirements

• Requests

Ubuntu specific instructions

git clone https://github.com/vishalananth07/Selective-git-clone
pip install -r "requirements.txt"
python3 cloneSelective.py -u <Github_Repository_URL> [-p FolderPath] [-s] [-b]