How to only update a specific folder in a Git repository

To only update a specific folder in a Git repository, you can use the git checkout command with the path to the folder you want to update. Here’s an example:

# Updates the folder "myfolder" to the latest version of the current branch
git checkout myfolder

After running this command, Git will update the contents of the “myfolder” folder to match the latest version of the files on the remote repository.

If you want to update a specific folder to a specific commit or branch, you can specify the commit or branch name along with the folder path:

# Updates the folder "myfolder" to the latest version of the "mybranch" branch
git checkout mybranch -- myfolder

Note that when you use git checkout to update a specific folder, any changes you had made to other files are still present but are currently not visible. You can use git stash beforehand to save these changes and restore them later using git stash apply.