Updated git clone URL
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 66e6c33..6718aad 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
gRPC C Core library.
```sh
- $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+ $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
$ cd grpc
$ git submodule update --init
$ make
diff --git a/examples/cpp/README.md b/examples/cpp/README.md
index d93cbac..3fa7ad4 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/README.md
+++ b/examples/cpp/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
```sh
-$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+$ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
```
Change your current directory to examples/cpp/helloworld
diff --git a/examples/cpp/cpptutorial.md b/examples/cpp/cpptutorial.md
index ef9ca99..80fef07 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/cpptutorial.md
+++ b/examples/cpp/cpptutorial.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
The example code for our tutorial is in [examples/cpp/route_guide](route_guide). To download the example, clone this repository by running the following command:
```shell
-$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+$ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
```
Then change your current directory to `examples/cpp/route_guide`:
diff --git a/examples/cpp/helloworld/README.md b/examples/cpp/helloworld/README.md
index 04283ea..db953f5 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/helloworld/README.md
+++ b/examples/cpp/helloworld/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
```sh
-$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+$ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
```
Change your current directory to examples/cpp/helloworld
diff --git a/examples/node/README.md b/examples/node/README.md
index 59fb4a1..b92ca38 100644
--- a/examples/node/README.md
+++ b/examples/node/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
```sh
$ # Get the gRPC repository
$ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO root can be any directory of your choice
- $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git $REPO_ROOT
+ $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc $REPO_ROOT
$ cd $REPO_ROOT
$ cd examples/node
diff --git a/examples/objective-c/helloworld/README.md b/examples/objective-c/helloworld/README.md
index 81c5aaa..fdff938 100644
--- a/examples/objective-c/helloworld/README.md
+++ b/examples/objective-c/helloworld/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
```sh
-$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+$ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
$ cd grpc
$ git submodule update --init
```
diff --git a/examples/php/README.md b/examples/php/README.md
index ea9ccb6..e56b017 100644
--- a/examples/php/README.md
+++ b/examples/php/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
- Clone this repository
```sh
- $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+ $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
```
- Install composer
diff --git a/src/cpp/README.md b/src/cpp/README.md
index f2935e5..8c0f85e 100644
--- a/src/cpp/README.md
+++ b/src/cpp/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
#Build from Source
```sh
- $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+ $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
$ cd grpc
$ git submodule update --init
$ make
diff --git a/src/php/README.md b/src/php/README.md
index cf8f2c1..6cc1ba4 100644
--- a/src/php/README.md
+++ b/src/php/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
Clone this repository
```sh
-$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+$ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
```
Build and install the gRPC C core library
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
You will need the source code to run tests
```sh
-$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
+$ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc
$ cd grpc
$ git pull --recurse-submodules && git submodule update --init --recursive
```
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
index afc4fe6..3fc3185 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/README.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
::
$ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO_ROOT can be any directory of your choice
- $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git $REPO_ROOT
+ $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc $REPO_ROOT
$ cd $REPO_ROOT
$ git submodule update --init
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst
index e9f1374..8946a1d 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/README.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
::
$ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO_ROOT can be any directory of your choice
- $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git $REPO_ROOT
+ $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc $REPO_ROOT
$ cd $REPO_ROOT
$ git submodule update --init