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

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vsvs picture vsvs · Feb 6, 2015 · Viewed 270.1k times · Source

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?

Answer

chrismillah picture chrismillah · Feb 6, 2015

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 <local repo name (default is origin)>/<branch name> -- path/to/file will checkout the particular file from the downloaded changes (origin/master).

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