git clone branch develop code example

Example 1: clone specific branch

In general:

git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo>

Example:

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

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