Isn't this is the same as subversion: svn co remote_repo_path/branches/bugfix bugfix git clone -b bugfix ./local_repo_path bugfix It could be simpler if you

Isn't this is the same as subversion: svn co remote_repo_path/branches/bugfix bugfix git clone -b bugfix ./local_repo_path bugfix It could be simpler if you removed the trailing target folder name (but git would name the checkout according to the repo name, instead of the branch name).