Is there a way to fork from a specific branch on GitHub? … For example, moodle has many branches (1.9, 2.0 … and so on). Can a clone be performed of just branch 1.9 and not the master branch always? Is it possible to clone a specific branch onto my PC?
Cloning means that you create a copy of the whole repository in your account including all branches and tags. However you are free to switch and track branches however you like.