git-get

git-get

Download a single file or directory from a git repository. Inspired by svn export.

Currently, we depend on the fact that most version control hosts provide a way to access and download the raw files of a repository. On Github we can download a file by executing wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/user/project/branch/file, on Bitbucket it's wget https://bitbucket.org/user/project/raw/commit-hash/file and on Gitlab wget https://gitlab.com/user/project/raw/branch/file. As you can see, there's no standard way to download a file, let alone a whole folder.

Right now git-get makes an in-memory clone and copies the requested files. This is not viable for very large repos. The objective is to be able to download files without having to do a full clone.

Installing

Just execute:

go get github.com/GuillemCastro/git-get

Usage

Usage:
  git get [OPTIONS] URL Path

Application Options:
  -b, --branch= Branch, tag or commit hash
  -o, --output= Name of the output file or directory

Help Options:
  -h, --help    Show this help message

Arguments:
  URL:          URL to a Git repository
  Path:         File or directory to download

For example to download the main.go file from this repository, we would execute:

git get github.com/GuillemCastro/git-get main.go

This will download the file onto the current folder. Note that it will override any local file.

To download a folder, the procedure is the same. If we want to download the src folder from this repository https://github.com/GuillemCastro/rt-data, we would execute:

git get github.com/GuillemCastro/rt-data src

This will create a src folder inside the current folder.

Status

• Download a file or folder from the master/default branch
• Download from a branch, tag or a specific commit
• Use git config
• Don't require a complete clone

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Guillem Castro

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