Clone a repository git Code Snippet in 2025

Clones an existing repository, creating a local copy of it.

• Use git clone <url> to clone an existing repository from <url> to a local directory. The directory's name will be based on the name of the cloned repository.
• Alternatively, use git clone <url> [<directory>] to clone the repository into the specified local <directory>.

git clone <url> [<directory>]

git clone https://github.com/30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code.git
# Clones the repository in a new directory named '30-seconds-of-code'
cd 30-seconds-of-code

git clone https://github.com/30-seconds/30-seconds-of-code.git my-project
# Clones the repository in a new directory named 'my-project'
cd my-project