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hg clone — Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory. More information: <https://www.mercurial

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Problem

How to use the hg clone command: Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory. More information: <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/help/commands/clone>.

Solution

hg clone — Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory. More information: <https://www.mercurial-scm.org/help/commands/clone>.

Clone a repository to a specified directory:
hg clone {{remote_repository_source}} {{destination_path}}


Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits:
hg clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch}} {{remote_repository_source}}


Clone a repository with only the .hg directory, without checking out files:
hg clone {{[-U|--noupdate]}} {{remote_repository_source}}


Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag, or branch, keeping the entire history:
hg clone {{[-u|--updaterev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}


Clone a repository up to a specific revision without any newer history:
hg clone {{[-r|--rev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}

Code Snippets

Clone a repository to a specified directory

hg clone {{remote_repository_source}} {{destination_path}}

Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits

hg clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch}} {{remote_repository_source}}

Clone a repository with only the `.hg` directory, without checking out files

hg clone {{[-U|--noupdate]}} {{remote_repository_source}}

Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag, or branch, keeping the entire history

hg clone {{[-u|--updaterev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}

Clone a repository up to a specific revision without any newer history

hg clone {{[-r|--rev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/hg clone

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