Is there a way to clone a single file make changes and push it without cloning the whole repository?

srinivas_td0ax8

I have a very large code base I want to change only a single file. I searched the internet, there were ways to copy a single file but none to make changes and push them to the remote repository. 

I think such a feature is not available in core git. But should this not be supported at least by bitbucket.

Any workarounds welcome.

Ana Retamal

Hi! You can do this with Git. 

If you have trouble to download the full repository you can do a shallow clone, you can read more about it at Handle big repositories.

If there are too many directories you can try a sparse checkout, although this is considered a more advanced technique, you can read about it at Sparse checkout.

For more info about both of them, you can check Sparse checkout and shallow clone.

Hope that helps!

Ana