Clone only one branch

Question

I would like to know how I could clone only one branch instead of cloning the whole Git repository

User · Answer

You could create a new repo with   git init    and then use   git fetch url-to-repo branchname refs remotes origin branchname   to fetch just that one branch into a local remote-tracking branch

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I have done with below single git command   git clone  url  -b  branch-name  --single-branch

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--single-branch    switch is your answer  but it only works if you have git version 1 8 X onwards  first check   git --version    If you already have git version 1 8 X installed then simply use  -b branch and --single branch  to clone a single branch   git clone -b branch --single-branch git   github repository git   By default in Ubuntu 12 04 12 10 13 10 and Debian 7 the default git installation is for version 1 7 x only  where --single-branch is an unknown switch  In that case you need to install newer git first from a non-default ppa as below   sudo add-apt-repository ppa pdoes ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git git --version   Once 1 8 X is installed now simply do   git clone -b branch --single-branch git   github repository git   Git will now only download a single branch from the server

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From the announcement Git 1 7 10  April 2012          git clone learned --single-branch option to limit cloning to a single branch  surprise    tags that do not point into the history of the branch are not fetched       Git actually allows you to clone only one branch  for example   git clone -b mybranch --single-branch git   sub domain com repo git   Note  Also you can add another single branch or  undo  this action

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