If you are a regular user, you would probably rather want to download a tarball instead of obtaining the git repository. Look at the FpRoadmap to see available versions with links to their tarballs. If you wish, you can clone the FLEXPART repository with {{{ git clone https://www.flexpart.eu/gitmob/flexpart }}} In order to work with a single branch (here: `dev`) only, make a new dir, change into it and then say {{{ git init git remote add -t dev -f origin https://www.flexpart.eu/gitmob/flexpart git checkout dev }}} For an introduction to `git` see - https://git-scm.com/ - [https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 Pro Git book (html version)]