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readFile reads FilePath from repository at GitSource

Implemented by clone uri; checkout ref/rev and then just readFile

Other approach could be: git archive --remote=uri tree-ish filepath But it's not currently possible as the tree-ish is too restricted:

1. Clients may not use other sha1 expressions, even if the end result is reachable. E.g., neither a relative commit like master^ nor a literal sha1 like abcd1234 is allowed, even if the result is reachable from the refs. [1]_

.. [1]: man git-upload-archive