How to Clone a Specific Git Branch
- Clone a Specific Git Branch From a Remote Repository by Fetching the All Branches and Checking Out to a Specific Branch
- Clone a Specific Git Branch Directly From a Remote Repository
This article will discuss cloning a specific git branch from a remote repository by fetching all branches and checking out a specific branch.
Clone a Specific Git Branch From a Remote Repository by Fetching the All Branches and Checking Out to a Specific Branch
We will clone a remote repository containing two branches, namely master and gh-pages, and then switch to the gh-pages branch.
<!-- The command to use is -->
git clone <remote-repo-url>
<!-- From your terminal run -->
git clone https://github.com/KEVINAMAYI/AkanNameGenerator.git
Output:
Cloning into 'AkanNameGenerator'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 94, done.
remote: Total 94 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 94
Unpacking objects: 100% (94/94), 2.38 MiB | 1.86 MiB/s, done.
We will get into the project folder and list the available branches using the commands below.
<!-- get into project folder -->
cd AkanNameGenerator
<!-- List branches available -->
git branch -a
Output:
<!-- The asterix indicates we are on branch main -->
* main
remotes/origin/HEAD -> origin/main
remotes/origin/gh-pages
remotes/origin/main
We will switch to the specific branch gh-pages using the command below.
git checkout gh-pages
We will confirm that we are in a specific branch gh-pages by running:
git branch
Output:
<!-- The asterix indicates we are now on branch gh-pages -->
* gh-pages
main
Clone a Specific Git Branch Directly From a Remote Repository
We will clone the specific branch we need directly from the remote repository by specifying the branch name in the Git command.
<!-- The command to use is -->
git clone --branch <branchname> --single-branch <remote-repo-url>
<!-- From your terminal run -->
git clone --branch gh-pages --single-branch https://github.com/KEVINAMAYI/AkanNameGenerator.git
Output:
Cloning into 'AkanNameGenerator'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 94, done.
remote: Total 94 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 94
Unpacking objects: 100% (94/94), 2.38 MiB | 231.00 KiB/s, done.
We will get into the project folder and list the available branches by running the following.
<!-- get into project folder -->
cd AkanNameGenerator
<!-- List branches available -->
git branch -a
Output:
<!-- we have only our specific branch -->
* gh-pages