Extract individual files from a Github repository

Extract Files into separate Git Repository.sh

#!/bin/bash

GIT='/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git'

#$SOURCEREPO=$1
#$DESTREPO=$2
SOURCEREPO=/Users/uli/Programming/FileExplorer/UliKit
DESTREPO=/Users/uli/Programming/FileExplorer/ULIXattrMetadataStore
MYDIR=`dirname "$0"`

$GIT clone --no-hardlinks "$SOURCEREPO" "$DESTREPO"

echo "===== REMOVE REPO CONNECTIONS: ====="

cd "$DESTREPO"
$GIT remote rm origin
$GIT tag -l | xargs $GIT tag -d

echo "===== FILTER START: ====="

git filter-branch --prune-empty --index-filter "git ls-files | sed \"s/'/\\\'/g\" | sed 's/\"/\\\\\"/g' | grep -vE 'UKXattrMetadataStore.h|UKXattrMetadataStore.m|.gitmodules|.gitignore' | \"$MYDIR/quietxargs.sh\""

echo "===== FILTER END. ====="

$GIT reset --hard
$GIT for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 $GIT update-ref -d
$GIT reflog expire --expire=now --all
$GIT gc --aggressive --prune=now

quietxargs.sh

#!/bin/bash

xargs -0 -I{} git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch "{}"
exit 0