git-grab – snagging a specific piece of a git repo using SVN, of all things

git-grab

#!/bin/bash

#######################################
# List the contents, or download a
# folder from a GitHub repo.
# Argument:
#   HTTPS URI to folder
#######################################

echo ${1} | sed 's/tree\/master/trunk/g' | { read uri; (svn export $uri); }

Throw this in a file in /usr/local/bin, name it git-grab, and chmod +x /usr/local/bin/git-grab. Run it the first time to set up your SVN credentials, but then by passing it a URL, you can download just a singular folder from a git repo. Credit to @h4w5 for figuring that shnaz out.

Usage: git grab https://github.com/generalassembly/wdi/tree/master/curriculum/baseline/11-deployment/heroku/deploying-a-node-application-lesson/starter-code/app