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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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There is nothing wrong with other answers, but I just thought I'd share step-by-step instructions for those wandering through this process for the first time.

How to download a single folder from a GitHub repository (Mac OS X):
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> ~ To open Terminal just click spotlight and type terminal then hit <kbd>Enter</kbd>

 1. On a Mac, you likely already have SVN (to test just open terminal and
 type **"svn"** or **"which svn"** ~ without the quote marks)
 2. On GitHub: Locate the GitHub path to your Git folder (not the repository) by clicking the specific folder name within a repository 
 3. Copy the path from the address bar of the browser
 4. **Open Terminal** and type: **svn export**
 5. Next paste in the address (e.g.):
 **https://github.com/mingsai/Sample-Code/tree/master/HeadsUpUI**
 6. Replace the words: **tree/master**
 7. with the word: **trunk**
 8. Type in the destination folder for the files (in this example, I store the target folder inside of the *Downloads* folder for the current user)
 9. Here space is just the spacebar, not the word **(space) ~/Downloads/HeadsUpUI**
 10. The final terminal command shows the full command to download the
 folder (compare the address to step 5) **svn export
 https://github.com/mingsai/Sample-Code/trunk/HeadsUpUI
 ~/Downloads/HeadsUpUI**

BTW - If you are on Windows or some other platform, you can find a binary download of Subversion (SVN) at [http://subversion.apache.org][1]

> ~ If you want to checkout the folder rather than simply download it try using the SVN help (tldr: replace **export** with **checkout**)

Regarding the comment on resuming an interrupted download/checkout. I would try running `svn cleanup` followed by `svn update`. Please search Stack&nbsp;Overflow for additional options.

 [1]: http://subversion.apache.org

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I have to download many files from a specific folder and got this error in the middle of the download: svn: E175002: REPORT of '/bgmartins/scripts-parlamento/!svn/vcc/default': 200 OK (github.com) Do you how can I resume the download?

Miguel
– Miguel

2017年06月07日 21:56:21 +00:00
Commented Jun 7, 2017 at 21:56
Worked for me. That's amazing.

Heath Raftery
– Heath Raftery

2019年03月21日 19:38:59 +00:00
Commented Mar 21, 2019 at 19:38
Amazing! Worked great!

Curious2learn
– Curious2learn

2021年03月25日 11:57:38 +00:00
Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 11:57

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