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Add information on cloning a Git branch/tag directly (#4800)

Co-authored-by: Hugo Locurcio <[email protected]>
DeeJayLSP 4 years ago
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@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ For any stable release, visit the `release page <https://github.com/godotengine/
 and click on the link for the release you want.
 and click on the link for the release you want.
 You can then download and extract the source from the download link on the page.
 You can then download and extract the source from the download link on the page.
 
 
+With ``git``, you can also clone a stable release by specifying its branch or tag
+after the ``--branch`` argument::
+
+    # Clone the continuously maintained stable branch (`3.x` as of writing).
+    git clone https://github.com/godotengine/godot.git --branch 3.x
+
+    # Clone the `3.2.3-stable` tag. This is a fixed revision that will never change.
+    git clone https://github.com/godotengine/godot.git --branch 3.2.3-stable
+
 There are also generally branches besides ``master`` for each major version.
 There are also generally branches besides ``master`` for each major version.
 
 
 After downloading the Godot source code,
 After downloading the Godot source code,