Git Clone Tag - Shell-Bash

Git is a powerful version control system used by programmers to keep track of changes to their codebase. As projects grow, it becomes increasingly important to organize and categorize different versions of the code. This is where Git tags come in handy.

A Git tag is a specific version of the codebase that has been labeled for convenient reference. To clone a specific tag from a repository, you can use the following Git command:

git clone <repository-url> --branch <tag-name> --single-branch

Let's break down this command:

• git clone: this tells Git that you want to clone a repository.
• <repository-url>: this is the URL of the repository you want to clone.
• --branch <tag-name>: this tells Git which tag you want to clone.
• --single-branch: this instructs Git to only clone the specific branch (in this case, the tag) you specified, instead of the entire repository history.

For example, if you wanted to clone version 1.0 of a repository with the URL https://github.com/username/repo.git, you would run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/username/repo.git --branch v1.0 --single-branch

This will create a new directory called repo in your current working directory, containing the codebase for version 1.0 of the repository.

Using Git tags allows for easy tracking and referencing of specific versions of a codebase. With the git clone command, it's simple to clone a specific tag and start working with that version of the code.