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+> Use [`git sparse-checkout`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-sparse-checkout) to only download the sample subfolder and the last commit. For example:
+```
+git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none https://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs.git --sparse
+cd AspNetCore.Docs
+git sparse-checkout init --cone
+git sparse-checkout set aspnetcore/security/authorization/secure-data/samples
+```
+
+In the preceding example, the `git sparse-checkout set` command specifies the path to the subfolder that you want to download. Replace 
+`aspnetcore/security/authorization/secure-data/samples` with the path to the subfolder that you want to download.
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