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Git: copy all files in a directory from another branch

How do I copy all files in a directory from another branch? I can list all of the files in that directory by doing 

git ls-tree master:dirname

I can then copy all of the files individually by doing

git checkout master -- dirname/filename

However, using wildcards has so far been a total fail. This does nothing: 

git checkout master -- dirname/*.png

Though I guess I can use a bash script to do that, there has to be an easier way, right?

Solution

  • As you are not trying to move the files around in the tree, you should be able to just checkout the directory:

    git checkout master -- dirname