Why Isn't There A Git Clone Specific Commit Option?

Question

In light of a recent question on SO, I am wondering why isn\'t there an option in git clone such that the HEAD pointer of the newly created branch will point to

Answer 1

If your specific commit is referenced by a branch, you can do a:

git clone -b yourBranch /url/of/the/repo

The cloned repo will be directly at the commit referenced by that branch.