Rich-Harris/degit

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

degit is a Node.js CLI tool that downloads copies of git repositories (tar snapshots) without git history, for scaffolding new projects from templates. It supports refs, subdirectories, file filtering, caching, and post-clone actions via degit..

Use cases

• scaffold a new project from a GitHub template repo
• download a repo without its .git history
• fetch only specific files from a repository
• grab a specific tag or branch of a repo as a starting point
• create project boilerplate quickly instead of git clone --depth 1

When to choose

• you want a clean template copy with no git history or .git folder
• you need fast, cached downloads of repo snapshots
• you want composable post-clone actions via degit.

When to avoid

• you need to contribute back with full git history and remotes
• you need private repos without a local git binary available

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli developer-tools file-system developer-tools cli cross-platform git scaffolding project-templates tarball-download boilerplate command-line automation nodejs

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