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Download a single folder or directory from a GitHub repository

How can I download only a specific folder or directory from a remote Git repository hosted on GitHub?

Say the example GitHub repository lives here:

[email protected]:foobar/Test.git

Its directory structure:

Test/
├── foo/
│ ├── a.py
│ └── b.py
└── bar/
 ├── c.py
 └── d.py

I want to download only the foo folder and not clone the whole Test project.

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  • Does this still work? Tried this with TortiseSVN and I get a permission error, asking me to supply credentials. Commented Sep 4, 2015 at 14:23
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    @john I'm sure this is too late to be of much help, but do you have 2-factor authentication enabled on your GitHub account? If so, I think I read somewhere you'll have to use a pre-generated key for the password (which you'll need to find in the GitHub settings). Commented Oct 23, 2015 at 3:07
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    Regarding the URL formatting, you can keep the .git extension. You can use the full project link, and start by using svn ls followed by the project full path. Example: svn ls https://github.com/RobTillaart/Arduino.git. To export just one folder, you just add the /trunk followed by the desired path, like svn export https://github.com/RobTillaart/Arduino.git/trunk/libraries/DHTlib. It is easier to keep the project path intact. Commented Feb 21, 2016 at 11:33
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    An example: to download the content in https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio/tree/master/examples/wsgi, run svn export https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio.git/trunk/examples/wsgi. A directory called wsgi will be created under the current working directory. Only source files, nothing else. No .git, no subversion related files. Commented Mar 10, 2017 at 7:20
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    Sadly, this will no longer work since Github shut down their Subversion server in early 2024. Commented Feb 21, 2024 at 21:37

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