DFTracer Utility scripts

This section describes the utilities provided by DFTracer to assist users with logs.


All scripts are installed with DFTracer in the installation’s directories bin folder.

Please see the DFTracer Utilities Documentation for more detailed documentation on these utilities.

Additional Utilities

Sparse Git Clone

The script enables sparse git-clone of dftracer traces of the specified branch into the specified local directory. It optionally provides interactive selection of directories to clone.

<install-dir>/bin/usage: git_sparse_clone_interactive <remote repository> <branch> <local directory> [directory]

Arguments for this script are:

  1. -r repository name name of remote repository

  2. -b branch name name of remote branch

  3. -l local directory name of local directory to clone into

  4. -d directory optional comma-separated list of directories to sparse-clone.

Sparse Git Push

The script enables sparse git-push of dftracer traces to the specified remote repository and branch. It optionally provides interactive selection of directories to push.

<install-dir>/bin/usage: git_sparse_push_interactive <remote repository> <branch> [directory]

Arguments for this script are:

  1. -r repository name name of remote repository

  2. -b branch name name of remote branch

  3. -d directory optional comma-separated list of directories to sparse-push.