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#!/usr/bin/python | |
""" | |
Download a specific folder from a github repo: | |
gitget.py https://github.com/divs1210/kilvish/tree/master/examples/bricksnball | |
""" | |
__author__ = 'Divyansh Prakash' | |
import sys | |
import subprocess | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
if len(sys.argv) > 1: | |
github_src = sys.argv[1] | |
try: | |
head, branch_etc = github_src.split('/tree/') | |
folder_url = '/'.join(branch_etc.split('/')[1:]) | |
except: | |
print 'err:\tnot a valid folder url!' | |
else: | |
print 'fetching...' | |
subprocess.call(['svn', 'checkout', '/'.join([head, 'trunk', folder_url])]) | |
else: | |
print 'use:\tgitget.py https://github.com/user/project/tree/branch-name/folder\n' |
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Usage:
gitget.py https://github.com/<account-name>/<project-name>/tree/master/<path-to-folder>