I do not want to clone the entire repository. We have a 300 MB repository, and I just need a folder called / sourcecode, instead of downloading the entire root folder.
Is there any way to do this?
The function itself is not yet available for TortoiseGit: see issue 1599 (January 2013).
Thus, it should be a simple check, except that you need to edit it first .git/info/sparse-checkout, as described in " Is it possible to cut a rare check without first checking the entire repository? ".
.git/info/sparse-checkout
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