How to construct ‘git clone’ command to clone only a specific tag or a branch in a repository

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Summary

Customers encounter access errors while cloning a repo or branch

git@bitbucket.org: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. Please make sure you have the correct access rights and the repository exists.

Cause

Using incorrect URLs either to clone the repo or a specific branch
Example:

URL: git clone ssh://git@altssh.bitbucket.org:443/<workspace_ID>/<Repository_SLUG>@v3.3.1

Solution

Below are the commands to clone repo/branch/tag without experiencing permission denied errors

Command to clone a repository :

git clone https://<User_Name>@bitbucket.org/<Workspace_ID>/<Repo_Name>.git

Command to clone a branch :

git clone https://<User_Name>@bitbucket.org/<Workspace_ID>/<Repo_Name>.git --branch <branch_name>

Command to clone a tag :

git clone https://<User_Name>@bitbucket.org/<Workspace_ID>/<Repo_Name>.git --branch <tag_name>

In order to clone the history of the branch or tip of a tag we can use “--single-branch“ option

Example:

git clone https://<User_Name>@bitbucket.org/<Workspace_ID>/<Repo_Name>.git --branch <branch_name> --single-branch

git clone https://<User_Name>@bitbucket.org/<Workspace_ID>/<Repo_Name>.git --branch <tag_name> –single-branch


Last modified on Apr 1, 2025

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