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How do I download a branch to my local machine?

Joseph Dvorak
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April 9, 2015

How do I download a branch of my repository to my local machine?

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April 9, 2015

You don't download a branch - you're not using SVN or CVS. With Git and Hg, you need to clone the entire repository (all branches), then you checkout one of your local branches into your "working copy", which is the copy of files that you can edit and commit.

git-scm.com/book

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