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How do I clone a specific Git branch? [duplicate]

August 20, 2022 by Tarik

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

Make an existing Git branch track a remote branch?

August 20, 2022 by Tarik

Given a branch foo and a remote upstream: As of Git 1.8.0: git branch -u upstream/foo Or, if local branch foo is not the current branch: git branch -u upstream/foo foo Or, if you like to type longer commands, these are equivalent to the above two: git branch –set-upstream-to=upstream/foo git branch –set-upstream-to=upstream/foo foo As of … Read more