clone git repository command line code example

Example 1: git clone repo with name

git clone https://github.com/foo/repo_name.git new_directory_name

Example 2: git clone

#You will be required to sign into github

git clone [email protected]:UserName/gitRepositories.git

Example 3: pull from existing git repo

git init .
git remote add origin [url of the repo]
git fetch origin

// To push
git push --set-upstream origin master
git branch -f master origin/master

Example 4: take clone from gitbash

$ git clone https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2 mylibgit