clone single branch github code example

Example 1: clone specific branch

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

Example 2: git clone from specific branch command

git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo>

Example 3: 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>]

Example 4: how to git clone a branch github

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