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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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    The base method is- 1. take the directory link (used angular-route), 2. go to GitHub API, 3. search through the directory and download all files, 4. create a zip file with it (I have used jszip) & save it as file (used filesaver for this). For clear understanding I would suggest to take a look in my project. Commented Aug 20, 2016 at 10:06
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    This is cool but it doesn't work with automated tools (like wget) Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 21:10
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    DownGit was exactly what I needed: To download a specific folder from a repo without creating a new git directory in order to do so (like the subversion method requires). Thanks very much for making this. Commented May 10, 2022 at 5:09
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    The website got blacklisted by my antivirus... Commented Aug 19, 2023 at 20:34
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    @VascoCansadoCarvalho Blacklisted by my antivirus too. I ended up using downgit.github.io which worked fine. Commented Nov 17, 2024 at 23:15

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