clone specific branch github code example

Example 1: clone specific branch

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

Example 2: clone a given branch github

git clone --single-branch --branch <branch> <repository>

Example 3: git clone specific branch

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

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

Example 4: clone branch git

git clone <repository_url>
git branch -a
git checkout <branch_name>