Git - Clone
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About
git clone creates a local repository from remote repository you’d like to contribute to.
cloning in git means:
- downloading the remote repository into a newly created directory
- setting for each downloaded branch (ie remote branch) their remote-tracking branches
- set the current branch (active) to the remote current branch.
The command is “clone” and not “checkout” ( instead of getting just a working copy, Git receives a full copy of nearly all data that the server has.)
After a first clone of a repository, all files will be tracked and unmodified because they are just checked out and they haven’t been edited.
If you just want to download, see the download page
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Command
Clone an existing Git repository from another server.
git clone [option] [url] [directory]
We can also use the following protocol in place of https:
- git://
- ssh with [email protected]:path/to/repo.git
- –depth 1 grabs the current file state and no history (handy for a build)
Functionality
Git’s clone command automatically:
- create the origin name,
- creates a pointer to where its master branch is,
- names it origin/master locally.
- create a local master branch starting at the same place as origin’s master branch (where you will work to)
Example
- creates a directory named “directoryWhereIwantMyCheckoutData” (The default name is the name of the git file in the URL) ,
- get the clone URL from the Web
git clone https://github.com/gerardnico/the-name-of-my-repository.git directoryWhereIwantMyCheckoutData
Cloning into 'directoryWhereIwantMyCheckoutData'...
remote: Counting objects: 77, done.
remote: Total 77 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 77
Unpacking objects: 100% (77/77), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
It will:
How to
How to clone if the directory is not empty
How to clone and checkout a branch
git clone --depth=50 --branch=stable https://.....git .