Exact `svn export` equivalent command for git?
git, svn, version-control
Solution
At some hostings like GitHub you can make exact `svn export`.
Example:
svn export https://github.com/GNOME/banshee/branches/master
Even partial! (some subpart of the repository)
Example:
svn export https://github.com/liferay/liferay-portal/branches/6.1.x/tools
For your own repository you should create some GitHub repository and add it as a remote:
git remote add github https://github.com/<user>/<repo>.git
then
git push github <branch>
Now you able to do a partial checkout as above.
UPDATE: Looks like this feature is getting discontinued.
Problem
There is no exact `svn export` equivalent command for git? Really? Beware: this is not a duplicate question. That is, I already know and have tested these commands: - `git clone --depth 1` <- Still downloads the .git folder. - `git checkout-init` <- Doesn't work for a remote repo, it works with a working copy (so you need to clone first). - `git archive` <- This would be the perfect solution, because it has a `--remote` argument, but it only has 2 possible formats: tar or zip, so I would need to untar/unzip after downloading, and for that I need a pipe (|), but I'm on windows!! (not *n?x) - `git clone --bare` <- I still don't know what the heck this is, but it's not what I need. Please enlighten me is there a real `svn export` replacement in git?