clone only master branch code example

Example 1: clone specific branch

git clone --single-branch --branch <branchname> <remote-repo>

Example 2: clone specific branch

In general:

git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo>

Example:

git clone -b develop [email protected]:user/myproject.git

Example 3: git clone from specific branch

git clone -b branchName repoUrl

Example 4: git clone single branch

# clone only the remote primary HEAD (default: origin/master)
git clone <url> --single-branch

# as in:
git clone <url> --branch <branch> --single-branch [<folder>]