hg clone

all

Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory.

Options (4)

-b, --branchboolean

Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits

Example: hg clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch}} {{remote_repository_source}}

-U, --noupdateboolean

Clone a repository with only the `.hg` directory, without checking out files

Example: hg clone {{[-U|--noupdate]}} {{remote_repository_source}}

-u, --updaterevboolean

Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag, or branch, keeping the entire history

Example: hg clone {{[-u|--updaterev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}

-r, --revboolean

Clone a repository up to a specific revision without any newer history

Example: hg clone {{[-r|--rev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}

Clone a repository to a specified directory

hg clone remote_repository_source destination_path

Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits

hg clone [-b|--branch] branch remote_repository_source

Clone a repository with only the `.hg` directory, without checking out files

hg clone [-U|--noupdate] remote_repository_source

Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag, or branch, keeping the entire history

hg clone [-u|--updaterev] revision remote_repository_source

Clone a repository up to a specific revision without any newer history

hg clone [-r|--rev] revision remote_repository_source