---
name: "stg-clone"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "stgit"
version: "0.18-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/stg-clone"
---

# stg-clone(1)

Make a local clone of a remote repository

## NAME

stg-clone - Make a local clone of a remote repository

## SYNOPSIS

```
stg clone <repository> <dir>
```

## DESCRIPTION

Clone a git repository into the local directory \<dir\> (using [**stg-clone**(1)](/stg-clone/1.md)) and initialise the local branch "master".

This operation is for example suitable to start working using the "tracking branch" workflow (see **1**\[1\]). Other means to setup an StGit stack are [**stg-init**(1)](/stg-init/1.md) and the *--create* and *--clone* commands of [**stg-branch**(1)](/stg-branch/1.md).

The target directory \<dir\> will be created by this command, and must not already exist.

## STGIT

Part of the StGit suite - see [**stg**(1)](/stg/1.md)

## NOTES

- 1\.

  1

  \[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links\]/stg