Is it possible to pull just one file in Git

Question

I am working on a Git branch that has some broken tests  and I would like to pull  merge changes  not just overwrite  these tests from another branch where they are already fixed   I know I can do  git pull origin that other branch   but this will attempt to merge lots of other files  for that I am not yet ready   Is it possible to pull and merge only the specified file  and not everything  from that another branch   This is not a duplicate of Git pull request for just one file as all answers to that question are how to revert the locally changed file to the repository version  without changing any branches

User · Accepted Answer

You can fetch and then check out only one file in this way:

git fetch
git checkout -m <revision> <yourfilepath>
git add <yourfilepath>
git commit

Regarding the git checkout command:

<revision> -- a branch name, i.e. origin/master
<yourfilepath> does not include the repository name (that you can get from clicking copy path button on a file page on GitHub), i.e. README.md

User · Answer

Mawardy s answer worked for me  but my changes were on the remote so I had to specify the origin  git checkout origin master --  filename

User · Answer

Here is a slightly easier method I just came up with when researching this   git fetch  remote  git checkout FETCH HEAD --  file

User · Answer

Yes  here is the process     Navigate to a directory and initiate a local repository git init            Add remote repository to be tracked for changes     git remote add origin https   github com username repository name git    Track all changes made on above remote repository   This will show files on remote repository not available on local repository git fetch    Add file present in staging area for checkout git check origin master -m  path to file   NOTE   path to file is a relative path from repository name git add  path to file    Verify track of file s  being committed to local repository git status    Commit to local repository git commit -m  commit message     You may perform a final check of the staging area again with git status

User · Answer

git checkout master -- myplugin js      master   branch name       myplugin js   file name

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