Hi, it is possible to select single heads/tags for download, but this does not work with SHA IDs as of 1.7.1. $ git fetch linus 3c06806e690885ce978ef180c8f8b6f8c17fb4b4:x fatal: Couldn't find remote ref 3c06806e690885ce978ef180c8f8b6f8c17fb4b4 $ git fetch linus refs/heads/master remote: Counting objects: 1254, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (234/234), done. remote: Total 709 (delta 562), reused 602 (delta 475) Receiving objects: 100% (709/709), 112.41 KiB, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (562/562), completed with 212 local objects. >From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 * branch master -> FETCH_HEAD -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html