Clone github repo from specific commit version

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3489173/how-to-clone-git-repository-with-specific-revision-changeset

# 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 up to this commit will be retrieved unless 
#       you limit it with '--depth=...' or '--shallow-since=...'
git fetch origin 

# reset this repository's master branch to the commit of interest
git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD