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Git Clone

Clone

Section titled “Clone”

Purpose

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Copy an existing Git repository to your local machine and optionally set up the default remote.

Commands

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git clone <repo-url>

  • Clone a repository into a new local folder
  • Use when starting work on an existing project
  • Example: git clone https://github.com/example/project.git

git clone <repo-url> <folder-name>

  • Clone a repository into a specific directory name
  • Use when you want a custom local folder name
  • Example: git clone https://github.com/example/project.git my-project

git clone --branch <branch> --single-branch <repo-url>

  • Clone only one branch instead of all branches
  • Use when you only need a specific branch
  • Example: git clone --branch release/1.0 --single-branch <repo-url>

Notes

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  • Cloning downloads the repository history and sets origin automatically

Reference

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