Git

notes on Git features

Shallow Checkout

git clone --depth=100 <repo path>

parse Checkout

Checkout a particular directory in the repo

git clone --no-checkout https://github.com/Xilinx/embeddedsw.git --depth=100
cd embeddedsw/
git config core.sparseCheckout true

#Add the directories and files that needed to be checkout
echo "XilinxProcessorIPLib/drivers/aiengine/*" > .git/info/sparse-checkout

git checkout master

Setup own Mirrors

git clone --mirror https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx.git ./linux-xlnx.referenceh

Update the mirrors

cd <reference dir>
git remote update

Leverage Local Mirrors

git clone --reference <path to reference dir> https://github.com/Xilinx/linux-xlnx.git