Clone a repository
Git, Repository, Remote · Apr 13, 2021
Clones an existing repository, creating a local copy of it.
- Use
git clone <url>to clone an existing repository from<url>to a local directory. The directory's name will be based on the name of the cloned repository. - Alternatively, use
git clone <url> [<directory>]to clone the repository into the specified local<directory>.
git clone <url> [<directory>]git clone https://github.com/30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code.git
# Clones the repository in a new directory named '30-seconds-of-code'
cd 30-seconds-of-code
git clone https://github.com/30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code.git my-project
# Clones the repository in a new directory named 'my-project'
cd my-project
