Re: Clone a repo and checkout a specifc remote branch

>> Something like:
>> $ git clone git://uri_of_the_repo:coolbranch localdir
>> to get a clone of the whole repository and to check out the
>> origin/coolbranch remote branch?
>>
>
> Here's a link to a recent thread on this topic (that started with a
> proposed patch)
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/111967
>
> You can read the arguments there.  Johannes Schindelin noted that the
> normal way to do this is like this:
>
> <quote>
> Besides, the common way to check out something different than the remote's
> HEAD is like this:
>
> $ git clone -n $URL
> $ cd $DIR
> $ git checkout -t origin/$BRANCH
> </quote>