My requirement is to pull and push files only for particular folder from the master repo. The method I am using is only helping me in pulling files for particular folder but not in pushing.
So in my master repo I have folder structure something like below.
mainfolder
examfold1
examfold2
examfold3
this is what i am doing.
git clone http://[email protected]/mainfolder
cd mainfolder
git config core.sparseCheckout true
echo examfold3/*> .git/info/sparse-checkout
this is working fine when i pull, it doesn't bring files on other folders but it also not bringing files for examfold3 and i get below error when i push after making some files changes from local repo.
! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast-forward)
error: failed to push some refs to 'http://[email protected]/mainfolder'
hint: Updates were rejected because the tip of your current branch is behind
hint: its remote counterpart. Integrate the remote changes (e.g.
hint: 'git pull ...') before pushing again.
hint: See the 'Note about fast-forwards' in 'git push --help' for details.
I believe git is thinking my local repo is not sync with master because i didn't pull files for other folder. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance.