# sgit clone-branch, cli.sgit.ai

> Thin clone: full commit history + HEAD trees/blobs only. Note: only HEAD is fully fetched — run 'sgit fetch <path>' or 'sgit pull' to access older history.

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# sgit clone-branch

Thin clone: full commit history + HEAD trees/blobs only. Note: only HEAD is fully fetched — run 'sgit fetch <path>' or 'sgit pull' to access older history.

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```text
sgit clone-branch [options] <vault_key> [directory]
```

| Argument | | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| `vault_key` | required | Vault key ({passphrase}:{vault_id}) |
| `directory` | optional | Directory to clone into (default: vault ID) |

| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| `--bare` | No working-copy extraction (structure only) |
| `--base-url` | API base URL (overrides --remote, global --base-url, and saved config) |
| `--no-verify-tls` | Skip TLS certificate verification (staging / self-signed only) |
| `--remote` | Use the named remote (URL + tls_verify from saved config); overrides the default remote for this command |
| `--token` | SG/Send access token (overrides global --token and saved config) |
| `--transport` | How to reach the vault: auto (default — a folder is local, an http(s) host is api unless its batch endpoint is absent), api (live SG/API), static (any GET host, read-only), local (a folder, read-only) One of: `api`, `auto`, `local`, `static`. |
| `--verify-tls` | Verify TLS certificates (default) |

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