git-sparseclone

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
  echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [repo's url] [directory you want to clone]"
  exit
fi

local dir=${1##*/}
mkdir $dir
local tmpdir=`pwd`
cd $dir

git init
git config core.sparsecheckout true
git remote add -f origin $1
echo $2 > .git/info/sparse-checkout
git pull origin master

cd $tmpdir