Is it possible to pull only a part of a git repository?

[Elazar Leibovich]

--depth IIRC see VLC git page for instance http://wiki.videolan.org/Git

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Micha Feigin <michf at post.tau.ac.il> wrote:

> I have a growing number of projects that I'm trying to manage in my git
> repository. Currently they are all in the same repository to make it easier
> to
> sync it with the server (for backups / synchronization with other
> machines).
>
> Now, I want to be able to work on only one project at a time, or give
> people
> access to only part of the repository. Another options is to split up the
> repository into several repositories once things grow too big.
>
> Is this possible with git, i.e cloning on part of the repository? If not,
> is it
> possible with other version control mechanisms (I think that svn was able
> to do
> that if memory servers).
>
> For example, I want to do a "git clone repo/dir" instead of "git clone
> repo"
>
> Also, any suggestions for some good git tutorials. I know all the bases,
> but I
> want some good tutorial and reference for poweruser things, like proper use
> of
> branches, tags, subtrees, merging etc.
>
> Thanks
>
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