Clone Specific Branch and Rename Remote
Sometimes we may want to clone a specific branch in git and at the same time rename the remote we're cloning from to something else, like upstream
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git clone -b <branch> -o <remote-name> git://github.com/user/repo <folder>
Written by Jesse O'Brien
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