How Do I Clone a Git Repository into a Specific Folder?

To clone a Git repository into a specific folder, you can specify the target directory as an additional argument when running the git clone command. Here's how you can do it:

git clone <repository-url> <target-directory>

Replace <repository-url> with the URL of the Git repository you want to clone and <target-directory> with the path to the directory where you want to clone the repository.

For example, to clone a repository from GitHub into a folder named my-project, you would run:

git clone <https://github.com/example/repository.git> my-project

This will clone the repository from the specified URL into the my-project folder in your current working directory.

Note:

• If you specify a relative path for the target directory, Git will create the directory relative to your current working directory.
• If you specify an absolute path for the target directory, Git will clone the repository into the specified absolute path.
• If the target directory already exists and is not empty, Git will clone the repository into the existing directory, overwriting its contents. Make sure the target directory is empty or doesn't contain important files before cloning.

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