git clone specific list of branches

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I want to clone a list of branches from remote repo. What is the best way to do that without fetching everything? I saw solutions for cloning one specific branch but I need multiple branches. Thank you.

Edit: I ended up using following command to create a bundle and then using it for my purposes:

git bundle create ../BUNDLE.bundle branch1 branch2 refs/notes

And then using this bundle for my purposes.

You can only work on one branch at a time, so why not simply run the command to clone a specific branch multiple times as needed? — Obsidian Age, Feb 28 '18 at 22:50
I want to create a new repo based on few branches of the original one. Fetching everything will not help my cause. — Michael, Mar 04 '18 at 01:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '18 at 23:46

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You start with one branch:

git clone --branch first URL localrepo

and then fetch all the rest:

cd localrepo
for branch in second third etc; do
    git fetch origin $branch:$branch
done

Or without loop

git fetch origin second:second third:third

answered Feb 28 '18 at 23:46

phd

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why is there a colon, for example second:second and third:third? – Andes Lam Jan 04 '21 at 05:01
@AndesLam You never read docs, right? Please do: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-fetch#Documentation/git-fetch.txt-ltrefspecgt – phd Jan 04 '21 at 12:23
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@AndesLam git fetch : : ... – Uy Trieu Vi Tran Oct 28 '22 at 11:09

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