# Not to checkout the git repo

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/not-to-checkout-the-git-repo/7328>\
**Category:** Integrations and Accounts\
**Tags:** circle-yml\
**Created:** [October 11, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/not-to-checkout-the-git-repo/7328 "2016-10-11T11:48:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![schokkarapu-rms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@schokkarapu-rms](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/schokkarapu-rms)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/not-to-checkout-the-git-repo/7328/1 "2016-10-11T11:48:50Z")

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Hi Team,

I have a git repo that is very huge, but when there is a change to it I _do not_ want the circle ci to checkout that repo and I would like to run some other command. Is this possible.

Regards,  
Sreenivas.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/not-to-checkout-the-git-repo/7328/2 "2018-06-18T11:32:16Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2018, 11:32am UTC