GIT - Clone
Behavior of git clone
If someone else gives you the location of their directory or repository, you can copy or clone it to your own computer.
This is true for both copying a directory and cloning a repository.
This is true for both copying a directory and cloning a repository.
As you saw in the previous lesson, if you have a URL to a repository, you can copy it to your computer using
git clone
.
For copying a directory, you weren't expected to know this, but it is possible to copy a directory from one computer to another using the command
scp
, which stands for "secure copy". The name was chosen because the scp
command lets you securely copy a directory from one computer to another.
The history of changes to the directory or repository is copied.
This is true for cloning a repository, but not for copying a directory. The main reason to use
This is true for cloning a repository, but not for copying a directory. The main reason to use
git clone
rather than copying the directory is because git clone
will also copy the commit history of the repository. However, copying can be done on any directory, whereas git clone
only works on a Git repository.
If you make changes to the copied directory or cloned repository, the original will not change.
This is true for both copying a directory and cloning a repository. In both cases, you're making a copy that you can alter without changing the original.
This is true for both copying a directory and cloning a repository. In both cases, you're making a copy that you can alter without changing the original.
The state of every file in the directory or repository is copied.
This is true for both copying a directory and cloning a repository. In both cases, all the files are copied.
This is true for both copying a directory and cloning a repository. In both cases, all the files are copied.