how to clone from a particular 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 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