git force-clone
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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 info →Options (1)
-b, --branchbooleanClone a Git repository into a new directory, checking out a specific branch
Example:
git force-clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch_name}} {{remote_repository_location}} {{path/to/directory}}Examples (3)
Clone a Git repository into a new directory
git force-clone remote_repository_location path/to/directoryClone a Git repository into a new directory, checking out a specific branch
git force-clone [-b|--branch] branch_name remote_repository_location path/to/directoryClone 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
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