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GIT FETCH SPECIFIC COMMIT
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README.md

make a new blank repository in the current directory

git init

add a remote

git remote add origin url://to/source/repository

fetch a commit (or branch or tag) of interest

Note: the full history of this commit will be retrieved

git fetch origin # SHA #

reset this repository's master branch to the commit of interest

git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD

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GitHub supports fetching arbitrary SHAs if e.g. a branch was force-pushed and you want to fetch the state before the forced push. Maybe this case counts as "advertised object SHA".

The commit hash must not be abbreviated.

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