Git How to pull a single file from a server repository in Git

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I am working on a site with a server running Git  I am using Git for deployment  not GitHub   This was set up prior to my involvement using a hook method  and I referred to this question and entered the commands below  but it didn t work   How do I pull a single file from the server  For instance  if I wanted to update my local file index php  git pull index php

User · Answer

This windows batch works regardless of whether or not it's on GitHub. I'm using it because it shows some stark caveats. You'll notice that the operation is slow and traversing hundreds of megabytes of data, so don't use this method if your requirements are based on available bandwidth/R-W memory.

sparse_checkout.bat

pushd "%~dp0"
if not exist .\ms-server-essentials-docs mkdir .\ms-server-essentials-docs
pushd .\ms-server-essentials-docs
git init
git remote add origin -f https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs.git
git config core.sparseCheckout true
(echo EssentialsDocs)>>.git\info\sparse-checkout
git pull origin master

=>

C:\Users\user name\Desktop>sparse_checkout.bat

C:\Users\user name\Desktop>pushd "C:\Users\user name\Desktop\"

C:\Users\user name\Desktop>if not exist .\ms-server-essentials-docs mkdir .\ms-server-essentials-docs

C:\Users\user name\Desktop>pushd .\ms-server-essentials-docs

C:\Users\user name\Desktop\ms-server-essentials-docs>git init Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/user name/Desktop/ms-server-essentials-docs/.git/

C:\Users\user name\Desktop\ms-server-essentials-docs>git remote add origin -f https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs.git Updating origin remote: Enumerating objects: 97, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (97/97), done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (44/44), done. remote: Total 145517 (delta 63), reused 76 (delta 53), pack-reused 145420 Receiving objects: 100% (145517/145517), 751.33 MiB | 32.06 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (102110/102110), done. From https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs * [new branch]
1106-conflict -> origin/1106-conflict * [new branch]
FromPrivateRepo -> origin/FromPrivateRepo * [new branch]
PR183 -> origin/PR183 * [new branch]
conflictfix -> origin/conflictfix * [new branch]
eross-msft-patch-1 -> origin/eross-msft-patch-1 * [new branch]
master -> origin/master * [new branch] patch-1
-> origin/patch-1 * [new branch] repo_sync_working_branch -> origin/repo_sync_working_branch * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-1 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-1 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-2 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-2 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-3 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-3 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-4 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-4 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-5 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-5 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-6 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-6 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-7 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-7 * [new branch]
shortpatti-patch-8 -> origin/shortpatti-patch-8

C:\Users\user name\Desktop\ms-server-essentials-docs>git config core.sparseCheckout true

C:\Users\user name\Desktop\ms-server-essentials-docs>(echo EssentialsDocs ) 1>>.git\info\sparse-checkout

C:\Users\user name\Desktop\ms-server-essentials-docs>git pull origin master
From https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs
* branch master -> FETCH_HEAD

User · Answer

It is possible to do  in the deployed repository    git fetch    git fetch will download all the recent changes  but it will not put it in your current checked out code  working area     Followed by    git checkout origin master -- path to file    git checkout  lt local repo name  default is origin  gt   lt branch name gt  -- path to file will checkout the particular file from the downloaded changes  origin master

User · Answer

I was looking for slightly different task  but this looks like what you want   git archive --remote  REPO URL HEAD  DIR NAME --  FILE NAME   tar xO  gt   where you want to have it   I mean  if you want to fetch path to file xz  you will set DIR NAME to path to and FILE NAME to file xz  So  you ll end up with something like  git archive --remote  REPO URL HEAD path to -- file xz   tar xO  gt   where you want to have it   And nobody keeps you from any other form of unpacking instead of tar xO of course  It was me who need a pipe here  yeah

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https   raw githubusercontent com  USER-NAME   REPOSITORY-NAME   BRANCH-NAME   FILE-PATH    Ex  https   raw githubusercontent com vipinbihari apana-result master index php     Through this you would get the contents of an individual file as a row   text  You can download that text with wget    Ex  https   raw githubusercontent com vipinbihari apana-result master index php

User · Answer

Try using   git checkout branchName -- fileName   Ex   git checkout master -- index php

User · Answer

This can be the solution   git fetch  git checkout origin master -- FolderPathName fileName   Thanks

User · Answer

This scenario comes up when you -- or forces greater than you -- have mangled a file in your local repo and you just want to restore a fresh copy of the latest version of it from the repo  Simply deleting the file with  bin rm  not git rm  or renaming hiding it and then issuing a git pull will not work  git notices the file s absence and assumes you probably want it gone from the repo  git diff will show all lines deleted from the missing file     git pull not restoring locally missing files has always frustrated me about git  perhaps since I have been influenced by other version control systems  e g  svn update which I believe will restore files that have been locally hidden    git reset --hard HEAD is an alternative way to restore the file of interest as it throws away any uncommitted changes you have  However  as noted here  git reset is is a potentially dangerous command if you have any other uncommitted changes that you care about   The git fetch     git checkout strategy noted above by  chrismillah is a nice surgical way to restore the file in question

User · Answer

git fetch --all git checkout origin master --  lt your file path gt  git add  lt your file path gt  git commit -m   lt your file name gt  updated    This is assuming you are pulling the file from origin master

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