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Obtains a local copy of a remote Git repository.

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Clone A Private Repository (Github)

I have a private repository on Github for a project I'm working on. Until now I had only worked on my home desktop, but I just bought a laptop, and am trying to set it up so that I can work on the project from either computer, and push / pull…
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How to git-svn clone the last n revisions from a Subversion repository?

Problem How do you create a shallow copy with git-svn from a Subversion repository, e.g. how do you pull only the last three revisions? The git clone command can get the last n revisions from a Git repository if you use the option --depth, i.e. you…
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git clone through ssh

I have a project on which I created a git repository: $ cd myproject $ git init $ git add . $ git commit I the wanted to create a bare clone on another machine: $ cd .. $ git clone --bare myproject …
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Is it safe to shallow clone with --depth 1, create commits, and pull updates again?

The --depth 1 option in git clone: Create a shallow clone with a history truncated to the specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor push from nor into it), but is…
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BitBucket - download source as ZIP

I know I can get the project through git clone command, but is there any way, how to download the project through the web interface from BitBucket.org? In the best way, I am looking for a way to download a project source as ZIP compress file.
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Files showing as modified directly after a Git clone

I'm having an issue with a repository at the moment, and though my Git-fu is usually good, I can't seem to solve this issue. When I clone this repository, then cd into the repository, git status shows several files as changed. Note: I haven't opened…
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Bower install using only https?

I am trying to set up Bower on a build server at our organization's data center, but git's port does not appear to be open on the data center's firewall. I can use the git command line client to clone via https://[repo], but not git://[repo]. Is…
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How to complete a git clone for a big project on an unstable connection?

I am trying to git clone the LibreOffice codebase, but at the moment I have an internet connection of about 300kbps and it's just anything but stable. I can get the connection back any moment, but then the git clone process already stopped working,…
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What is git doing when it says it is "resolving deltas"?

During the first clone of a repository, git first receives the objects, and then spends about the same amount of time "resolving deltas". What's actually happening during this phase of the clone?
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git clone from another directory

I am trying to clone repo from another directory. Lets say I have one repo in C:/folder1 and C:/folder2 I want to clone the work in folder1 into folder2. What would I type into the command prompt to do this? It seems that often when cloning a URL…
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Git clone particular version of remote repository

I cloned a remote git repository about a month ago. The remote repository has undergone many changes and has now become unstable. Now I need another copy of the repository, version identical to the one I cloned a month ago. How do I do this?
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Git: Permission denied (publickey) fatal - Could not read from remote repository. while cloning Git repository

I am unable to clone a Git repository, and getting this error: krishna.soni@KRISHNACHANDRAS /c/Projects $ git clone http://stage.abc.com:10088/pqr http:/// Cloning into ''... fatal: could not read Username for…
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How to clone all repos at once from GitHub?

I have a company GitHub account and I want to back up all of the repositories within, accounting for anything new that might get created for purposes of automation. I was hoping something like this: git clone git@github.com:company/*.git or…
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Git clone without .git directory

Is there a flag to pass to git when doing a clone, say don't clone the .git directory? If not, how about a flag to delete the .git directory after the clone?
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GIT clone repo across local file system in windows

I am a complete Noob when it comes to GIT. I have been just taking my first steps over the last few days. I setup a repo on my laptop, pulled down the Trunk from an SVN project (had some issues with branches, not got them working), but all seems…
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