How do I clone a GitHub wiki?

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How do I clone my GitHub repository's wiki? I know it's saved as a separate Git repository, but I can't remember the path.

I've tried ...reponame/wiki.git and ...reponame.git/wiki, but neither are correct.

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That question was actually several questions, one of which got it closed for being off topic. Also, at the time the accepted answer on that question didn't exist. If anything that answer should be marked as a duplicate of this one. – joseph.hainline
I guess you are right. Thanks for pointing that out! – Kromster

4 Answers

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Append .wiki.git to the repository name.

That is, if your repository name was foobar:

git clone [email protected]:myusername/foobar.git would be the path to clone your repository

and

git clone [email protected]:myusername/foobar.wiki.git would be the path to clone its wiki.

Note: You must have at least one page to be able to clone the wiki repo. (via @tobiasz-cudnik)

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The syntax for cloning Github wiki repository is:

git clone [RepositoryName].wiki.git

If it's a private repository, then you'll prompted to enter your username/password.

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You can clone the git wiki using following command.

git clone https://github.com/<git-username>/<repo-name>.wiki.git
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The Wiki pages are managed as a repository. So click on your repository, then on the left side click on Wiki. Finally on the upper right corner click on Clone Repository. There you will clear instructions on how to clone it correctly.