git checkout/clone over the top of an existing set of files
| git clone --no-checkout repo-address subdir/tmp | |
| mv subdir/tmp/.git subdir/.git/ # final "/" important | |
| rm -Rf subdir/tmp | |
| cd subdir | |
| git reset --hard HEAD |
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