git downloader for specific folder
you can run the cli with go run github.com/4lxprime/gitdl@main -h from anywhere on your system as long as you have go installed.
if err := gitdl.DownloadGit( "torvalds/linux", // base the clone on https://github.com/torvalds/linux "kernel", // only clone the folder "kernel" from linux "linux_qernel", // name the folder "linux_qernel" gitdl.WithBranch("master"), // base the clone on the master branch (default main) gitdl.WithExclusions("configs/*", "async.c"), // exclude everything in configs/ and exclude async.c gitdl.WithReplace(gitdl.Map{"linux", "linuxisbetter"}) // everytime "linux" is mentionned, it will be remplaced by "linuxisbetter" gitdl.WithLogs, // you want to enable log gitdl.WithAuth("ghp_*") // use your github auth token so you can have likely unlimited requests gitdl.WithoutChecksum // don't care about security (not recommended) ); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) }