Git: Clone from a branch other than master
Try this:
git initgit fetch url-to-repo branchname:refs/remotes/origin/branchnameEDIT
A better solution:
git clone -b mybranch --single-branch git://sub.domain.com/repo.git
git clone <url>clones and creates remote-tracking branches for each branch.If you want to see available branches (after cloning), you type
git branch -lTo switch to a particular branch after cloning you do:
git checkout <branchname>where branchname is the name of the branch :)
If you want to clone and checkout a specific branch you do
git clone -b <branchname> <url>The other commands you mention are for "updating" your current working copy. git pull gets all changes from the remote repository and merges them while git fetchonly gets them without merging.
use git clone --branch <name> possibly adding --single-branch
as usual you have git clone --help to read details on commands