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git force-clone — Get the basic functionality of `git clone`, but if the destination Git repository already exists it
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git force-clone command: Get the basic functionality of git clone, but if the destination Git repository already exists it will force-reset it to resemble a clone of the remote. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/main/Commands.md#git-force-clone>.Solution
git force-clone — Get the basic functionality of git clone, but if the destination Git repository already exists it will force-reset it to resemble a clone of the remote. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/main/Commands.md#git-force-clone>.Clone a Git repository into a new directory:
git force-clone {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Clone a Git repository into a new directory, checking out a specific branch:
git force-clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Clone a Git repository into an existing directory of a Git repository, performing a force-reset to resemble it to the remote and checking out a specific branch:
git force-clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Code Snippets
Clone a Git repository into a new directory
git force-clone {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Clone a Git repository into a new directory, checking out a specific branch
git force-clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Clone a Git repository into an existing directory of a Git repository, performing a force-reset to resemble it to the remote and checking out a specific branch
git force-clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Context
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