How to clone only a folder from a git submodule?

Question

I\'m trying to get just a folder from an external github repo to use in my project.

I want my project setup to be like this:

-my_project
    -submodu         


        

Answer 1

If you:

git submodule add http://github.com/user/submodule.git

directly under my_project, you should end up with the desired organization of directories.

From git submodule add man page:

The optional argument is the relative location for the cloned submodule to exist in the superproject.
If is not given, the "humanish" part of the source repository is used ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo" for "host.xz:foo/.git").