git: how to update (checkout) a single file from remote origin master - Stack Overflow

git: how to update (checkout) a single file from remote origin master - Stack Overflow

It is possible to do (in the deployed repository)

git fetch  

followed by

git checkout origin/master -- path/to/file  

git fetch will download all the recent changes, but it will not put it in your current checked out code (working area).

git checkout origin/master -- path/to/file will checkout the particular file from the the downloaded changes (origin/master).

At least this works for me for those little small typo fixes, where it feels weird to create a branch etc just to change one word in a file.

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