>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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