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I am new to git version control and I dont know how to clone / pull a specific branch of a repo . Trying to get the branch master of the project, but it defaults to branch test_1
I have tried using the command git clone but it grabbed default test_1. I have also tried reading other questions but the commands are confusing me and I dont want to break anything.
How do i clone the master branch of this project so i can make changes and push to it?
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There are two ways to clone a specific branch. You can either: Clone the repository, fetch all branches, and checkout to a specific branch immediately. Clone the repository and fetch only a single branch.
From your web browser, open the team project for your Azure DevOps organization, and then choose Repos > Files to open the Files view. In the Files view, choose Clone to launch the Clone Repository popup. Copy the clone URL from the Clone Repository popup.
Steps as below: Git GUI -> branch Tab -> checkout -> Tracking branch -> select origin/dev -> checkout -> branch Tab -> create -> name for dev and select this detached checkout -> create. Now you have a local dev branch the same as remote. You can check the history by repository Tab -> visualize dev's history.
You can use the following flags --single-branch && --depth to download the specific branch and to limit the amount of history which will be downloaded.
You will clone the repo from a certain point in time and only for the given branch
git clone -b <branch> --single-branch <url> --depth <number of commits> --[no-]single-branch
Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch, either specified by the
--branchoption or the primary branch remote’sHEADpoints at.Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the
remote-trackingbranch for the branch this option was used for the initial cloning. If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any branch when--single-branchclone was made, no remote-tracking branch is created.
--depth
Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of commits
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you can use this command for particular branch clone :
git clone <url of repo> -b <branch name to be cloned> Eg: git clone https://www.github.com/Repo/FirstRepo -b master If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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