What's the best way to checkout selected files and folders from a bare git repository on linux? -

What's the best way to checkout selected files and folders from a bare git repository on linux? -

i'm setting git repository website on godaddy shared hosting account. 1 set git bare repo on server contained live web info only, on push remote utilize git post-receive hook checkout live directory (thanks @vonc links).

that's fine, i've set repository include work files well. on server have,

/home/username/repo.git/work_folders, , /home/username/repo/web_files_and_folders

for repository, and,

/home/username/public_html/web_files_and_folders

for live files , folders.

the work_folders contain svg, png , jpg files used generate png , jpg files website. these master files part of development of website.

the thing can't find easy way git checkout web_files_and_folders live given branch. utilize shell wildcard select web_files_and_folders doesn't solve knowing branch name (which alter of course of study each branch).

do need merge master (for instance) , shell wildcard in post-receive hook? if so, may problem other less tech savy people i'm trying utilize repo.

edit -------------------

so, update. terminal shell entered,

git_work_tree=/home/user/public_html/dev git checkout -f dev devpath/web/*

which extracted right files web folder rather getting,

/home/user/public_html/dev/*

i got,

/home/user/public_html/dev/devpath/web/*

evidently i'm missing how alter extract path.

edit 2 -------------------

ok, more detail...

i have bare repo setup on shared server at,

/home/user/repo.git

the local repository has 2 branches, dev , master, file format like,

/devpath/logos/ /devpath/photos/ ... /devpath/web/ (website root files , folders)

the thought develop in dev branch, force server , test on dev.url of website, , when things merge dev branch master, force server , go live. 2 of developing website.

the post-receive hook isn't completed yet similar this one. utilize pretty much same link except want remote repository store other development files. these files part of website development , need shared.

what saw in first edit effort checkout dev branch dev test site. on server test site subdomain , accessed folder under public html root in filesystem.

it looks me checking out wildcard selector,

git_work_tree=/home/user/public_html/dev git checkout -f dev devpath/web/*

also puts files under same path prior wildcard. need able define new default path.

i have git 1.7.1 on server.

that doesn't solve knowing branch name

regarding that, post-update hook can observe branch beingness pushed. see:

"separate git deployments on single server" "how process files on branch in post-receive hook in git"

something like:

class="lang-bash prettyprint-override">#!/bin/bash while read oldrev newrev ref branch=`echo $ref | cutting -d/ -f3` if [ "master" == "$branch" ]; ....

git repository push wildcard