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Git sparse checkout a folder from specific branch
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The goal

Checkout the llvm folder from the release/11.x branch in https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project

My process

git init llvm-project
cd llvm-project
git remote add origin https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
git fetch --depth=1
git config core.sparseCheckout true
echo llvm >> .git/info/sparse-checkout
git checkout release/11.x
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