downloading parts of a repo

[zewa666]

any chance to only download parts of a repo? It would be nice if we could specify a glob pattern for what we'd like to have downloaded and copied into the final destination

[jprichardson]

You could do that now... download the repo, filter the files wanted, and copy? Adding that feature into the repo would add a lot of complexity.

[jprichardson]

... if the API limit has been reached, it falls back to the zip file. So it'd then need to unzip, filter, and copy.

[zewa666]

that was my first idea as well, is there a preferred destination you'd temporary download the full repo? Something like a default temp folder?

Yeah I wasn't sure whether this is just a specific request for a generator of mine or could be a valuable general feature. Nevertheless the outcome of this discussion might help others at least on how to solve a similar scenario