Cloning an older version of github repo

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Mobie picture Mobie · Sep 4, 2012 · Viewed 101.1k times · Source

I have an Amazon EC2 machine. I would like to clone an older version of github repo on this machine. Normally I use git clone https://linktomyrepo.git How can I clone an older version, say an update from 14 days ago? I can see the exact version I need in the commit history of repository, but do not know how to clone it onto the EC2 machine. Do I need to use the little SHA code next to each commit?

Answer

Olivier Refalo picture Olivier Refalo · Sep 4, 2012

You can always checkout any state you like by using a commit hash.

For instance, by looking a the log, you identified that 233ab4ef was the state you were interested in, issue a git checkout 233ab4ef to checkout that state.

Another way to achieve this is by using git checkout @{14.days.ago}

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