[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="kyle"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/7d6e85cde1422ad60607c87fa87c63f3"
 subject="re: drop everything but subdirectory"
 date="2018-09-07T20:13:03Z"
 content="""
> Is there a way to drop everything except files under a given path in the repository?

You can use something like `git annex drop --exclude='subdir/*'`.  See `man git-annex-matching-options`.

"""]]