How do I clone a specific Git branch? [duplicate]
git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo> 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