Git Clone

The git clone is a Git command-line utility used to clone or copy a target repository. The copy which is created by the git clone command is a working Git repository with the full history of the cloned repository. Git supports several transport protocols to connect to a remote Git repository GIT, SSH, HTTPS.

Git clone repository

git clone https://github.com/username/the-repo-you-want-to-clone.git

Clone a remote repository that already exists in the current local folder. The cloned folder will include all of the files, branches, and commits.

Cloning to a specific folder

git clone https://github.com/username/the-repo-you-want-to-clone.git "your local folder."

Clone a remote repository to a specific directory without switching to that particular directory.

Cloning a specific branch

git clone --branch -b master https://github.com/username/the-repo-you-want-to-clone.git

Clone only a particular branch from a repository. In the example above, we clone just the branch master.

Another abbreviation of --branch [url-repo] is -b [url-repo].

Shallow clone

git clone -depth=1 https://github.com/username/the-repo-you-want-to-clone.git

Clone the remote repository but only clone the history of commits specified by the option depth=. In this example, it will clone just the last revisions of the repository.