mediagit clone

Clone a remote MediaGit repository.

Synopsis

mediagit clone [OPTIONS] <URL> [DIRECTORY]

Description

Creates a local copy of a remote MediaGit repository, downloading all objects and setting up a remote named origin pointing to the source URL.

Arguments

`<URL>`

Remote repository URL. Supports http://, https://, and file:// schemes.

`[DIRECTORY]`

Local directory to clone into. Defaults to the repository name derived from the URL.

Options

`-b <BRANCH>`, `--branch <BRANCH>`

Check out the specified branch after cloning instead of the default (main).

`-q`, `--quiet`

Suppress progress output.

`-v`, `--verbose`

Show detailed transfer information.

Examples

Basic clone

$ mediagit clone http://media-server.example.com/my-project
Cloning into 'my-project'...
Receiving objects: 100% (1,234 objects, 2.4 GB)
✓ Cloned 'my-project' in 12.3s

Clone into specific directory

$ mediagit clone http://media-server.example.com/vfx-shots game-assets
Cloning into 'game-assets'...

Clone specific branch

$ mediagit clone --branch production http://media-server.example.com/my-project

After Cloning

cd my-project
mediagit log --oneline    # view history
mediagit status           # check working tree

Exit Status

0: Success
1: Network error or repository not found
2: Destination directory already exists

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