Clone a subdirectory from a GitHub repository easily using npx.
clone-dir is a command-line tool that allows you to clone a specific subdirectory from a GitHub repository without cloning the entire repo. It uses Git's sparse checkout feature to efficiently download only the files you need.
You don't need to install this package globally. You can run it directly using npx:
npx clone-dir <github-url> <target-dir>
To use clone-dir, run the following command:
npx clone-dir <github-url> <target-dir>
Replace <github-url> with the URL of the GitHub subdirectory you want to clone, and <target-dir> with the local directory where you want to clone the files.
To clone the examples/expo-router subdirectory from the nativewind/nativewind repository:
npx clone-dir https://github.com/nativewind/nativewind/tree/main/examples/expo-router my-expo-router-example
This will clone only the examples/expo-router subdirectory and its contents into the my-expo-router-example directory.
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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Clone a subdirectory from a GitHub repository
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