How do I clone a specific Git branch

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Git clone will behave copying remote current working branch into local    Is there any way to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository

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git clone --single-branch --branch  lt branchname gt   lt remote-repo gt   The --single-branch option is valid from version 1 7 10 and later  Please see also the other answer which many people prefer  You may also want to make sure you understand the difference  And the difference is  by invoking git clone --branch  lt branchname gt  url you re fetching all the branches and checking out one  That may  for instance  mean that your repository has a 5kB documentation or wiki branch and 5GB data branch  And whenever you want to edit your frontpage  you may end up cloning 5GB of data  Again  that is not to say git clone --branch is not the way to accomplish that  it s just that it s not always what you want to accomplish  when you re asking about cloning a specific branch

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Create a branch on the local system with that name  e g  say you want to get the branch named branch-05142011 git branch branch-05142011 origin branch-05142011  It ll give you a message    git checkout --track origin branch-05142011 Branch branch-05142011 set up to track remote branch refs remotes origin branch-05142011  Switched to a new branch  quot branch-05142011 quot   Now just checkout the branch like below and you have the code git checkout branch-05142011

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git --branch  lt branchname gt   lt url gt   But bash completion don t get this key  --branch

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git checkout -b  lt branch-name gt   lt origin branch name gt   for example in my case   git branch -a   master   origin HEAD   origin enum-account-number   origin master   origin rel table play   origin sugarfield customer number show c  So to create a new branch based on my enum-account-number branch I do  git checkout -b enum-account-number origin enum-account-number  After you hit return the following happens  Branch enum-account-number set up to track remote branch refs remotes origin enum-account-number  Switched to a new branch  quot enum-account-number quot

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To clone a branch without fetching other branches   mkdir  BRANCH cd  BRANCH git init git remote add -t  BRANCH -f origin  REMOTE REPO git checkout  BRANCH

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git clone -b  lt branch gt   lt remote repo gt    Example   git clone -b my-branch git github com user myproject git   With Git 1 7 10 and later  add --single-branch to prevent fetching of all branches  Example  with OpenCV 2 4 branch   git clone -b opencv-2 4 --single-branch https   github com Itseez opencv git

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Here is a really simple way to do it     Clone the repository  git clone  lt repository url gt    List all branches  git branch -a    Checkout the branch that you want  git checkout  lt name of branch gt

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