git-checkout-plugin
A Maven plugin to perform a sparse checkout (fetch only a subtree) from a given Git repository
POM Configuration
<project>
...
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.gastaldi</groupId>
<artifactId>git-checkout-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>get-docs</id>
<phase>process-resources</phase>
<goals>
<goal>git-checkout</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<!-- The git repository to use -->
<repository>git@github.com:openshiftio/appdev-documentation.git</repository>
<!-- The paths to checkout -->
<paths>
<path>docs/topics/readme</path>
</paths>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
...
</project>
#Output
[INFO] --- git-checkout-plugin:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT:git-checkout (get-docs) @ launchpad-addon ---
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/ggastald/workspace/launchpad/launchpad-addon/target/classes/.git/
remote: Counting objects: 2614, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Total 2614 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 2609
Receiving objects: 100% (2614/2614), 2.90 MiB | 1.00 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1570/1570), done.
From github.com:openshiftio/appdev-documentation
* branch master -> FETCH_HEAD
* [new branch] master -> origin/master
[INFO] Files available in: /home/ggastald/workspace/launchpad/launchpad-addon/target/classes
