How to clone specific branch from github, gitlab etc

How to clone specific branch from github, gitlab etc

Example:

git clone -b <branch> <remote_repo>

or

git clone --single-branch --branch <branchname> <remote-repo>

The --single-branch option is valid from version 1.7.10 and later.

You may also want to make sure you understand the difference. 
And the difference is: 
by invoking git clone --branch <branchname> url you're fetching all the branches and checking out one.