http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7106012/download-a-single-folder-or-directory-from-a-github-repoThis is a pretty old question, but I figured this out today and Ithought I'd leave this here for anyone else who has the same problem.
As all the previous answers have already noted, you are not allowedto download a single folder using Git. However, you ARE allowed to dothis with subversion. This won't work on a regular git repo obviously,but if you're using GitHub you can actually check out using svn.
For example:svn checkout
https://github.com/foobar/Test/trunk/footrunk corresponds to master branch. You can use svn lsto see available tags and branches before downloading if you wish. Ifyou want a folder in a branch other than master then replace trunk with branches/branchname.
As of this writing, you can find the subversion URL for any repo onGitHub by clicking on "Subversion" at the bottom of the right sidebar.See GitHub's post on
subversion partial checkouts for more info.
