Cloning only a specific branch on Github?

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I'm trying to use CodeIgniter for one of my github projects and would like to use the "Fork" feature to do it. However, I just need one branch (the stable one) for my repo. Cloning the whole CodeIgniter repository gives me about 30M of data, most of which I don't need.

How can I fork a specific branch of a repository from within Github (so I have the "forked from..." thing on my repo). Is this possible?

One way would be to fork, and then delete the parts you don't want. — Greg Hewgill, Mar 19 '12 at 00:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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You can only fork the whole repository on GitHub. However, you can clone just a single branch from your fork to save time and space.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Mar 19 '12 at 00:16

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Yeah I'm looking to fork the repo but just a specific branch of it. Is the only way to do that to fork the whole thing and delete? – Mar 19 '12 at 00:19
Yeah, but as the forking happens on GitHub alone, you usually don’t need to care about it, if you just want to clone a single branch then. – poke Mar 19 '12 at 00:22
Yes, if you want to use `fork` feature. – Hakan Deryal Mar 19 '12 at 00:22

Cloning only a specific branch on Github?

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