I create an empty new repository locally, I add a remote repository. Now I want to get a specific commit from the remote repository without downloading the whole remote repository with all its branches!
How do I do that?
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1True, maybe this one: `git fetch origin 96de5297df870:refs/remotes/origin/D-commit` – basZero May 28 '13 at 15:37
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Why do I get downvotes? The title of the duplicate entry does not contain the word 'git', so I didn't find it! – basZero May 29 '13 at 07:34
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it doesn't have to, you should use tags in your search. – Jano Jan 14 '14 at 14:01
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The marked duplicate does not answer my question. It allows to fetch a specific commit, but it also downloads THE WHOLE repository from remote. I clearly asked for a solution where it does NOT DOWNLOAD the whole repo first and then does the fetch of a specific commit. How can I remove the [duplicate] in the title? It's just not true. – basZero Nov 24 '17 at 10:29
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Answer is
git fetch origin 96de5297df870:refs/remotes/origin/D-commit
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9This command only seems to work when I already have that commit hash locally, so it can create a remote reference but it can't seem to fetch anything new. Does it work for anyone else? – Jack O'Connor Aug 01 '14 at 16:02
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3It doesn't work if the commit is not already in the repository. It prints nothing but gives back an exit code 1. – ocroquette Dec 04 '14 at 13:32
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