clone
clone
make a copy of an existing repository
Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory.
If no destination directory name is specified, it defaults to the basename of the source.
The location of the source is added to the new repository's config file as the default to be used for future pulls.
Sources are typically URLs. The following URL schemes are assumed
to be a Git repo: git, git+file, git+ftp, git+ftps,
git+http, git+https, git+ssh, ssh and https.
Scp-like URLs of the form user@host:path are converted to
ssh://user@host/path.
Other URL schemes are assumed to point to an SaplingRemoteAPI capable repo.
The --git option forces the source to be interpreted as a Git repo.
To check out a particular version, use -u/--update, or
-U/--noupdate to create a clone with no working copy.
If specified, the --enable-profile option should refer to a
sparse profile within the source repo to filter the contents of
the new working copy. See sl help -e sparse for details.
Examples:
- clone a remote repository to a new directory named some_repo:
sl clone https://example.com/some_repo
As an experimental feature, if specified the source URL fragment is persisted as the repo's main bookmark.
Returns 0 on success.
arguments
| shortname | fullname | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|
-U | --noupdate | false | clone an empty working directory |
-u | --updaterev | revision or branch to check out | |
--enable-profile | enable a sparse profile |