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That’s a hefty repository if all you want [1] is part of it. Subversion offers a way to download just a subdirectory; is there an analogous solution for Git?

[1]: https://github.com/HimbeersaftLP/ios-safari-remote-debug-kit...

sparse-checkout -- https://github.blog/2020-01-17-bring-your-monorepo-down-to-s...

no, that's still a full download, just the checkout is sparse

you're looking for partial clone

https://git-scm.com/docs/partial-clone

GitHub does: https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/importing-your-projec...

`git subtree` but it might still download the whole history

subtree is for extracting / pulling a subtree, a different problem

Is a sub tree not a folder? I recall using it before for syncing subsets or another repo.

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