Cloning an older version of github repo

You can always check out any given state by using a commit hash.

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

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

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Git is not designed that way. When you clone a repository, you are copying all versions.

So first clone a repository (which does initially checkout the latest version), then checkout the version you actually want.

You can checkout the commit based on the hash.

git checkout afe52

You can also checkout based on date (instead of looking up the hash), eg:

git checkout 'master@{1979-02-26 18:30:00}'
git checkout @{14.days.ago}

To check the commits you can checkout, use git log.

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Also for Github.com UI,

For those wanting to download a specific Commit, steps are below:

Go to "Commits" Click the "<>" icon to the right of the desired commit Select Clone or Download Download ZIP

Commits

Select Commit

Download ZIP

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Posting this solution specifically for github.com UI.

I was using an older version of Keycloak and wanted to download the source. On github.com, it was a simple process:

Go to releases section Download the required release.

https://i.stack.imgur.com/BSn6p.png

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Old version on Github usually means an old branch. For example:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/LLyW4.png

In this case you can check out the old branch by using its branch name:

git clone --branch <branchname> <remote-repo-url>

The you can get here:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/7Hkbu.png

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