git clone to existing folder without deleting files

Question

git

There is a fighting server. There is a repository with its scripts. On the server itself, there are a huge number of other files that are not in the repository, but which cannot be touched (they are separated into different folders, of which there are a lot). Previously, files changed in the repository were uploaded to the production server manually. Now I just want to do a git pull. How can I turn a folder on the production server into a working git folder, and move all the files from the repository there, but so that the rest of the files (which are not in git) are not affected?

Answer 1

Clone to a temporary folder and transfer to the desired one. One small script.

Answer 2

git-scm.com/book/ru/%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82 %D1%8B-Git-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8
git submodule, no?

Answer 3

And just create an empty repository on the server (git init) and then pull, specifying the desired repository?