How can I skip a directory and its child directories when checkout out

Question

Hi,

I use the following to checkout source from Webkit

git clone git://git.webkit.org/WebKit.git WebKit

How can I skip a directory and its child directories when checkout out the code? I want to do that to save disk-space.

Answer 1

To the best of my knowledge, you can't. Git manages the entire working tree as a cohesive entity. This question does not "map" to the logic behind git.

Answer 2

Disk space is so cheap it's almost free these days.

Since Git manages a "repository" as a single cohesive unit, there is no way to be selective about the subdirectories that are created when checking out a working copy. The best you can do is to convince the upstream publisher to manage a large, optional subdirectory as a Git submodule.