Clone exactly what you need aka straightforward project scaffolding!
📦 Zero dependencies / Un/packed (<35/15kb) / Faster and more features yet drop-in replacement for degit
- 🔍 Clone individual files or folders from any GitHub repository
- ⚙️ Auto-detects branches and target directory (if not specified) like
git clone - 🧠 Use shorthands
TanStack/routeror full URL'shttps://github.com/TanStack/router - 🗑️ Overwrite or replace existing files without a prompt using
-o|--overwrite - 📦 Can easily clone all submodules with
-r|--recursive - 🔁 Sync changes remotely with
--watchusing intervals (e.g.,15s,1m,1h) - 🔐 Seamlessly works with both public and private repositories using a PAT
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> [target] [options]- [target] and [options] are optional, if not specified, GitPick fallbacks to the default behavior of
git clone
Examples:
npx gitpick https://github.com/TanStack/router # repo without .git
npx gitpick TanStack/router/tree/main/examples # a folder aka tree
npx gitpick TanStack/router/blob/main/README.md # a file aka blob
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> # default git behavior
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> [target] # with optional target
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> -b [branch/SHA] # branch or commit SHA
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> -o # overwrite if exists
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> -r # clone submodules
npx gitpick <url/shorthand> -w 30s # sync every 30 seconds
npx gitpick https://<token>@github.com/owner/repo # private repository
-b, --branch Branch/SHA to clone
-o, --overwrite Skip overwrite prompt
-r, --recursive Clone submodules
-w, --watch [time] Watch the repository and sync every [time]
(e.g. 1h, 30m, 15s)
-h, --help display help for command
-v, --version display the version number
Use a GitHub personal access token (create one 👉 here) with repo -> contents: read-only permission:
npx gitpick https://<token>@github.com/owner/reponpm install -g gitpick
gitpick <url/shorthand> [target] [options]Check out more projects at github.com/nrjdalal
MIT – LICENSE