Change name of folder when cloning from GitHub?

Question

When I clone something from Github, it creates a folder with the same name as the app on my computer. Is there a way to change the name?

For example, doing this clone creates a long "sign-in-with-twitter" folder:

git clone https://github.com/sferik/sign-in-with-twitter.git

I know I can rename the folder after, but I'm wondering if there's a way to rename it as it comes in by adding an option at the end of the statement. For example,

git clone https://github.com/sferik/sign-in-with-twitter.git  as 'signin'

the problem is that I'm cloning some apps multiple times in order to tweak some of the settings to get it to work, and if there's a problem, I delete the folder. But, I'm worried that some of the gems remain installed even though I've deleted the folder.

Answer 1

You can do this.

git clone https://github.com/sferik/sign-in-with-twitter.git signin

# or

git clone [email protected]:sferik/sign-in-with-twitter.git signin

refer the manual here

Answer 2

git clone <Repo> <DestinationDirectory>

Clone the repository located at Repo into the folder called DestinationDirectory on the local machine.

Answer 3

In case you want to clone a specific branch only, then,

git clone -b <branch-name> <repo-url> <destination-folder-name>

for example,

git clone -b dev https://github.com/sferik/sign-in-with-twitter.git signin

Answer 4

Here is one more answer from @Marged in comments

1. Create a folder with the name you want

2. Run the command below from the folder you created

   git clone <path to your online repo> .
   

Answer 5

Arrived here because my source repo had %20 in it which was creating local folders with %20 in them when using simplistic git clone <url>.

Easy solution:

git clone https://teamname.visualstudio.com/Project%20Name/_git/Repo%20Name "Repo Name"