Git Dump

Extracting Source Code from a Git Subdomain Sometimes, a website might have a Git subdomain, and due to poor configuration, it’s possible to extract its source code. This can be both exciting and a great learning experience—especially if you’re practicing on Hack The Box (HTB) or in another lab environment.

Step-by-step:

mkdir dump 
virtualenv env 
source env/bin/activate 
pip3 install git-dumper 
git-dumper http://domain.com/ dump
git restore .

What’s happening here?

We create a dump directory to store the files.

We set up an isolated Python environment (virtualenv) so that installed packages don’t interfere with the rest of the system.

We activate the environment and install the git-dumper tool.

Using git-dumper, we download the .git folder and its contents.

Finally, we run git restore . to recover the original project files.

💡 Tip: This method works perfectly for practice on machines like the DOG box on HTB.