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dolt clone — Clone a repository into a new directory. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/c

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Problem

How to use the dolt clone command: Clone a repository into a new directory. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-clone>.

Solution

dolt clone — Clone a repository into a new directory. More information: <https://docs.dolthub.com/cli-reference/cli#dolt-clone>.

Clone an existing repository into a specific directory (defaults to the repository name):

dolt clone {{repository_url}} {{path/to/directory}}

Clone an existing repository and add a specific remote (defaults to origin):

dolt clone --remote {{remote_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone an existing repository only fetching a specific branch (defaults to all branches):

dolt clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone a repository, using an AWS region (uses the profile's default region if none is provided):

dolt clone --aws-region {{region_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone a repository, using an AWS credentials file:

dolt clone --aws-creds-file {{credentials_file}} {{repository_url}}

Clone a repository, using an AWS credentials profile (uses the default profile if none is provided):

dolt clone --aws-creds-profile {{profile_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone a repository, using an AWS credentials type:

dolt clone --aws-creds-type {{credentials_type}} {{repository_url}}

Code Snippets

Clone an existing repository into a specific directory (defaults to the repository name)

dolt clone {{repository_url}} {{path/to/directory}}

Clone an existing repository and add a specific remote (defaults to origin)

dolt clone --remote {{remote_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone an existing repository only fetching a specific branch (defaults to all branches)

dolt clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone a repository, using an AWS region (uses the profile's default region if none is provided)

dolt clone --aws-region {{region_name}} {{repository_url}}

Clone a repository, using an AWS credentials file

dolt clone --aws-creds-file {{credentials_file}} {{repository_url}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dolt clone

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