>From git FAQ - http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIcloneasubdirectory.3F

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>wrote:

> Actually, you can specify a depth argument and only get the most recent
> revision (and/or some number of revisions back) -- it does not, however,
> allow you to only grab a subdirectory (that I'm aware of) -- which is why we
> package 9p-sac in a separate repo.
>
>     -eric
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:19 PM, ron minnich wrote:
>
>  On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:23 AM, Sam Watkins <sam@nipl.net> wrote:
>>
>>  I tried to check out v9fs, but the compressed git repo without checkout
>>> is over
>>> 300Mb.
>>>
>>
>> That's git for you. When you go to git it, you git ALL of it. Kind of
>> like deciding to download sources and getting the entire venti arena.
>>
>> ron
>>
>>
>
>


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