title: Exact `svn export` equivalent command for git?
body: <p>There is no <strong>exact</strong> <code>svn export</code> equivalent command for git? Really?</p>
  
  <p>Beware: this is not a duplicate question. That is, I already know and have tested these commands:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>git clone --depth 1</code> &lt;- Still downloads the .git folder.</li>
  <li><code>git checkout-init</code> &lt;- Doesn't work for a remote repo, it works with a working copy (so you need to clone first).</li>
  <li><code>git archive</code> &lt;- This would be the perfect solution, because it has a <code>--remote</code> argument, but it only has 2 possible formats: tar or zip, so I would need to untar/unzip after downloading, and for that I need a pipe (|), but I'm on windows!! (not *n?x)</li>
  <li><code>git clone --bare</code> &lt;- I still don't know what the heck this is, but it's not what I need.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Please enlighten me is there a real <code>svn export</code> replacement in git?</p>