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Show HN: Downloading a folder from a repo using rust

5 days ago
https://github.com/zikani03/git-down
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  • #productivity
  • #git
  • #developer-tools
  • git-down allows downloading specific directories from a Git repository without cloning the entire repo.
  • Usage: `$ git-down -d <DESTINATION_DIRECTORY> <REPO_URL.git:branch> FILES`.
  • Supports shortcuts for popular Git services like GitHub (gh), BitBucket (bb), GitLab (gl), and SourceForge (sf).
  • Examples provided for downloading directories from Bootstrap, SQLAlchemy, GitLab, and NagiosCore.
  • Alternative methods like downloading archives or shallow cloning are more cumbersome.
  • Installation requires Rust: clone, build with `cargo build --release`, and move the binary to your PATH.
  • MIT licensed, created by Zikani Nyirenda Mwase in 2017.
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