Git doesn't support this, but GitHub supports Subversion clients via the HTTPS protocol.GitHub uses a Subversion bridge to communicate svn commands to GitHub. GitHub repositories can be accessed from both Git and Subversion (SVN) clients. This article covers using subversion to explain how to download a specific folder. copy the URL of the GitHub repository to your clipboard https : //github.com/<github username>/<github repo> Modify the URL for subversion. I want to download the folder at /src, so I will append trunk/src. https : //github.com/<github username>/<github repo>/trunk/src now go to the command line and use svn checkout to download the folder svn checkout https : //github.com/<github username>/<github repo>/trunk/src Reference Support for Subversion clients How do I download a specific folder from gitHub