Hey Developers,
When I wanted to clone a specific github repository, I used git:clone and It will result in downloading the entire repository with all branches and git commits.
Few times, I just want to copy(download) some files, branches or folders from a repository (i.e) I don't want the entire tree structure of that repo.

• I found degit (npm package) to clone a specific branch of the given repository with git commits, other branch details, remote urls.

Cloning repositories using degit

$ npx degit github:user/repo#branch-name <folder-name>

• master branch is default.
• folder-name is optional.

Downloading specific folder from a specified branch

$ npx degit github:user/repo/directory/sub-directory#branch-name <folder-name>

• You can specify any sub-directories appending after /
• branch-name can be any branch name which has that particular sub-directories in it. (master branch is default).
• folder-name is optional.

Alternatives to github

• You can use github, gitlab, bitbucket! For more details, visit the following npm package url!
• npm-package-degit
• Thank you!

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