In SVN you can checkout a portion of a repository ie:
http://some-url.com/repo/app1/trunk/plugins/plugin1
Can you do the same when you git clone? As I cannot get this to work
Thanks
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No. When you clone, you get the whole repository. In Git, a repository is viewed as a contiguous element that shouldn't be split up any further. If people frequently need to get only "part" of the repository, the Git way of thinking suggests that it should be split off, and you should consider using submodules instead.
John Feminella
2010-01-08 03:23:01
thanks to everyone for the reply but the link was very useful to understanding why I cant do a partial checkout in git - thanks to all
Piper
2010-01-08 03:41:15
I have just recently converted an old company svn repo which has a bunch of projects. from within this git repo how would you recommend creating a submodule of a particular project
Piper
2010-01-08 03:52:43
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No you cannot, git treats the entire repository as a unit and must be checked out in its entirety.
tmpvar
2010-01-08 03:25:34