--branchcan also take tags and detaches the HEAD at that commit in the resulting repository.
I tried
git clone --branch <tag_name> <repo_url>
But it does not work. It returns:
warning: Remote branch 2.13.0 not found in upstream origin, using HEAD instead
How to use this parameter?
git clone --branch <tag_name> <repo_url>
This command is not supported in git 1.7.9.5.
I use git 1.8.3.5 and it works
Sahil kalra
Use --single-branch option to only clone history leading to tip of the tag. This saves a lot of unnecessary code from being cloned.
git clone <repo_url> --branch <tag_name> --single-branch
git clone -b 13.1rc1-Gotham --depth 1 https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
Cloning into 'xbmc'...
remote: Counting objects: 17977, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (13473/13473), done.
Receiving objects: 36% (6554/17977), 19.21 MiB | 469 KiB/s
Will be faster than :
git clone https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
Cloning into 'xbmc'...
remote: Reusing existing pack: 281705, done.
remote: Counting objects: 533, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (177/177), done.
Receiving objects: 14% (40643/282238), 55.46 MiB | 578 KiB/s
Or
git clone -b 13.1rc1-Gotham https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc.git
Cloning into 'xbmc'...
remote: Reusing existing pack: 281705, done.
remote: Counting objects: 533, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (177/177), done.
Receiving objects: 12% (34441/282238), 20.25 MiB | 461 KiB/s
Use the command
git clone --help
to see whether your git supports the command
git clone --branch tag_name
If not, just do the following:
git clone repo_url
cd repo
git checkout tag_name
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20280726/how-to-git-clone-a-specific-tag