git remote clone one commit

1. with remote branch name or tag name 

git clone -b   v4.19   --depth 1    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git
git clone   --depth 1  --branch   sshfs_2_5      https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs

 

2.  without remote branch/tag name, but with committed SHA id 

 

# make a new blank repository in the current directory
git init

# add a remote
git remote add origin url://to/source/repository

# fetch a commit (or branch or tag) of interest
# Note: the full history up to this commit will be retrieved unless 
#       you limit it with '--depth=...' or '--shallow-since=...'
git fetch origin <sha1-of-commit-of-interest>

# reset this repository's master branch to the commit of interest
git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD