diff --git a/git/sparse_checkout.sh b/git/sparse_checkout.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+REMOTE_URL=$1
+SUBDIR=$2
+BRANCH=${3:-"main"}
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then
+  echo "Usage [REMOTE-URL] [SUBDIRECTORY] [BRANCH]"
+  echo "BRANCH argument is optional: defaults to main"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# This specifies the directory name that is to be created
+MAIN_DIR="$(echo "$REMOTE_URL" | sed -n 's|\(.*com\)/\([^/]*\)/\([^/]*\)|\3|p')"
+
+# reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4114887/is-it-possible-to-do-a-sparse-checkout-without-checking-out-the-whole-repository
+
+test -d "$MAIN_DIR" || git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout --depth 1 --sparse "$REMOTE_URL"
+cd "$MAIN_DIR"
+
+git config core.sparseCheckout true
+if test -f .git/info/sparse-checkout; then
+  [ "$(grep -c "$SUBDIR" .git/info/sparse-checkout)" -eq 0 ] && git sparse-checkout add "$SUBDIR"
+else
+  git sparse-checkout set "$SUBDIR"
+fi
+git checkout --force
+git pull origin "$BRANCH" --depth=1 --rebase --force
+
+cd ..