Clone a specific Git branch - Stack Overflow

Clone a specific Git branch - Stack Overflow

git clone -b my-branch https://git@github.com/username/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 2.4 --single-branch https://github.com/Itseez/opencv.git opencv-2.4

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