It also helps us collaborate with other developers. It is the first command that we execute when building something on top of an existing project. Git Clone is a command that we will often use while working with Git. We can also clone the history up to a particular tag by using the following command. By default, this will clone the master branch but we can specify a branch name and Git will only clone that branch. We can also clone just a single branch of a remote repository by using the -single-branch option.

The following command will clone only the n most recent commits from the repository. We can specify the depth up to which we want to clone the commits. This type of cloning is called Shallow Cloning. Git also provides us with the choice of cloning only some part of the repository. The above command will by default clone the repository in our current working directory, We can specify a particular folder where want to clone the repository. We can simply clone a remote repository by using its URL. We can also see that a local master branch was also created. We can see the remote branches by using the Git Branch command. Now let's take a look at the commits that were fetched by using the Git Log.

We can see a remote named origin was created. Let's take a look at the remote connections that were added using Git Remote. We see that the directory bubble-sort is a Git Repository as it contains a.

Suppose we clone a repository from the URL.

Let's clone a repository to understand the above steps better.

Next Git creates a local branch called master which will have all the commits from the remote repository's master branch.

This will also create remote-tracking branches which will help us in the future if we again want to fetch from the same repository.

Now Git fetches the commits, branches, and other necessary data from the repository(Git Fetch).

This also helps us in the future when we need to push or pull from that same repository.

Next Git creates a remote connection to the repository from which we need to clone(similar to the Git Remote command).

This step is similar to using the Git Init command to initialize a new repository.

When we clone a repository, Git first initializes a new empty repository on our system.

Let's look at what happens behind the scenes when we run a Git Clone command.

The cloned repository is version-controlled, which means that we don't need to initialize it after cloning.Ĭloning a repository is not a single-step process.

This includes all the commits that were made, different branches that were used, all the tags that were created, and so on.

Git works on a Distributed Model which allows us to copy the entire history of a project.

Most of the time we will be cloning from a central remote repository. This will fetch you an up-to-date copy of the project and you can start working on it.

Whenever you start working on an existing project, the Git Clone will most likely be the first command you execute.

It is a very important command for collaboration purposes as it allows us to view the work of others.

Cloning is the process of creating a new copy of an existing repository.Cloning also enables us to freely work on the different versions of someone else's project and collaborate with them. Creating a clone or a copy of a repository helps developers to build something on top of an already existing project. In Git terminology, cloning implies copying a repository. Cloning is the process of creating a replica of something.

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