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description: "Clone a repository locally"
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# gt repo clone

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Clone a repository locally

## Synopsis

```text
Clone a repository with the configured Git protocol and gt's credentials. Git flags can
follow --. A fork's parent is added as the "upstream" remote, and gt commands in the clone then
target the parent. A pull mirror's source is added as the "source" remote; gt commands keep
targeting the mirror.
```

```
gt repo clone <repository> [<directory>] [-- <gitflags>...] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
# Clone a repository into ./project
$ gt repo clone alice/project

# Clone into another directory with the last commit only
$ gt repo clone alice/project src --depth 1

# Pass flags to git clone
$ gt repo clone alice/project -- --branch develop --recurse-submodules
```

## Options

```
  -d, --depth int                     Number of commits to fetch (0: full history)
  -h, --help                          help for clone
      --no-upstream                   Do not add a remote for the parent of a fork or the source of a mirror
  -u, --upstream-remote-name string   Remote name for the parent of a fork (default "upstream")
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt repo](../repo/index.md): Work with Gitea repositories