NAME
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-git-clone - Clones a repository into a new directory
+git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory
SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
[-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
- [--depth=<depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
+ [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
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Operate quietly. This flag is passed to "rsync" and
"git-fetch-pack" commands when given.
+--no-checkout::
-n::
No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
if unset the templates are taken from the installation
defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
---depth=<depth>::
+--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
specified number of revs. A shallow repository has
number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
as patches.
<repository>::
- The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. It can
- be any URL git-fetch supports.
+ The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the
+ <<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying
+ repositories.
<directory>::
The name of a new directory to clone into. The "humanish"
for "host.xz:foo/.git"). Cloning into an existing directory
is not allowed.
+include::urls.txt[]
+
Examples
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+
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$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
-$ cd copy
+$ cd ../copy
$ git show-branch
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GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-