git clone version code example

Example 1: git clone repo with name

git clone https://github.com/foo/repo_name.git new_directory_name

Example 2: git clone latest release

You can do this with the --branch flag, which will also accept a tag.

$ git clone  [email protected]:mygitname/theproject.git --branch 1.0.2
In most cases, you will just want to checkout the tag as described in Exprator's answer.