Clone only a specific commit using git

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I have to build a patched kernel based on the 4.1.2 mainline kernel. I know that I need the commit $commit_num. Unfortunately, my network connection is slow, so downloading the whole repo with history would take ages.

Is it possible to download only this one commit? I don't have the repo cloned.

possible duplicate of Pull a specific commit from a remote Git repository — jub0bs
– jub0bs, Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 14:33

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:06:16Z

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According to the answer here, the only thing you can try is

git archive -o kernel.tar --remote=git://${YOUR_GIT_REPO_URL} ${YOUR_GIT_HASH}

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Wolf · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-20 14:33:20Z

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If the host allows it, you can use git archive to get a zipped up tree of files:

git archive --format=zip --remote=git://git.foo.com/project.git <commit-or-tag>

answered Aug 20, 2015 at 14:33

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