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# git clone Command [Git Basic Operations](#) * * * **git clone** is a command used to clone a remote Git repository to the local machine. **git clone** can copy a remote Git repository to the local machine, allowing you to view the project or make modifications. With the **git clone** command, you can copy all the code and history from the remote repository and create a local copy of the repository identical to the remote one. The command format for cloning a project is as follows: git clone is the project you want to copy. For example, to clone a project from Github: $ git clone Cloning into 'tutorial-git-test'... remote: Enumerating objects: 12, done. remote: Total 12(delta 0), reused 0(delta 0), pack-reused 12 Unpacking objects: 100%(12/12), done. After executing the above steps, Git will clone the remote repository to the local machine and create a folder with the same name as the remote repository in the current directory (for example, the tutorial-git-test folder in the example above). After executing the above command, a tutorial-git-test directory will be created in the current directory: $ cd simplegit/ $ ls README.md tutorial-test.txt test.txt The above operation will copy all the records of the project. $ ls -a ....git README.md tutorial-test.txt test.txt $ cd .git $ ls HEAD description index logs packed-refs config hooks info objects refs The **git clone** command will automatically copy all branches and history from the remote repository to the local machine. You can use other Git commands (such as git checkout, git pull, etc.) to operate on the local repository. By default, Git will create your local project directory with the name of the project pointed to by the URL you provide. Usually, this is the project name after the last / in the URL. If you want a different name, you can add the desired name after the command. For example, the following example clones a remote git project with the local project name **another-tutorial-name**: $ git clone another-tutorial-name Cloning into 'another-tutorial-name'... remote: Enumerating objects: 12, done. remote: Total 12(delta 0), reused 0(delta 0), pack-reused 12 Unpacking objects: 100%(12/12), done. * * Git Basic Operations](#)