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luismedel
So,

  $ git-down -d bootstrap-dist https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git:master dist
is *way* better than

  $ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/twbs/boostrap.git
  $ cd bootstrap
  $ mv ./dist ~/stuff/boostrap-latest
because: "C'mon, you don't have the time to be doing all that."

And then we wonder how the fuck we end with malware in our systems.

panki27 

   $ git clone --no-checkout $URL/repo.git
   $ cd repo/
   $ git sparse-checkout init
   $ git sparse-checkout set subdirectory_i_want
   $ git checkout main
vient
Same can be done using git and tar

    mkdir -p <out_dir> && git archive --remote=<remote> --format=tar.gz <branch> <files...> | tar -xzC <out_dir>
Strangely, github does not support this, so tested with bitbucket.
koakuma-chan
I have a similar problem with hugging face. I do git clone and it doesn't download models. I know it's supposed to use LFS, but I don't know how to make it work, I tried everything. I had to install their disgusting Python CLI to download a model.
pornel
There's hardly any Rust in there. It's shelling out to the git command. This could have been a couple lines of bash.

Actually doing this in Rust with lower-level libraries like gix would have been interesting.

zikani_03
I've found that using Git libraries directly is usually slow and less ergonomic. I've got another tool (written in Go) here: https://github.com/zikani03/git-monorepo which uses a Git library and is a bit slow.

But I'm willing to take up that challenge and test out gix, I've regained my interest in Rust so the timing is good :)