How to restore some configs which have been stored in yadm repo in convenient way ?

[oldunclez]

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I have added /etc/nginx , /etc/postfix , /etc/zabbix in to yadm repo, and then push it the remote git repo .

Now , I have a new computer , and want to only restore /etc/nginx into it . Is there any convenient way to achieve it ? such as shortcut command , yadm pull-and-restore /etc/nginx ?

or should I do it manually ?

git  clone http://a-remote-git-repo/yadm.git
cp -a  yadm/etc/nginx    /etc/. 

[Animeshz]

Have you found a way 👀?

[TheLocehiliosan]

@oldunclez - yadm is designed to manage files in-place (usually those in a user's $HOME). You're question is about files in /etc. Are you initializing yadm using an alternative worktree? If so, you should also specify that alternative worktree when the repo is cloned.

If you want to exclude a portion of the repo, you might want to try using sparse-checkout, as mentioned in #157.

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[xeruf]

Also see #63