Git clone branch: How do I clone a specific Git branch?

Question

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?

Answer 1

Use the following command to clone a specific branch by myself without switching branches on the remote repository:

git clone --single-branch --branch <branchname> host:/dir.git

Answer 2

For shortened, you could see @debashis answer.

In git 1.7.10 it allows the user to clone a single branch using:

git clone --single-branch

as in:

git clone <url> --branch <branch> --single-branch [<folder>]

And since Git 1.9.0, shallow clones support data transfer (push/pull) using:

git clone --depth 1

so this option is even more useful now. And this is the easiest way to reduce the bandwidth.

Refer: 

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone#Documentation/git-clone.txt---depthltdepthgt

For more commands like this please go through the following tutorial that will help you understand the git