1GH-REPO-CLONE(1)               GitHub CLI manual              GH-REPO-CLONE(1)
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NAME

6       gh-repo-clone - Clone a repository locally
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SYNOPSIS

11       gh repo clone <repository> [<directory>] [-- <gitflags>...]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Clone  a  GitHub repository locally. Pass additional git clone flags by
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20       If the "OWNER/" portion of  the  "OWNER/REPO"  repository  argument  is
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24       If  the repository is a fork, its parent repository will be added as an
25       additional git remote called "upstream". The remote name can be config‐
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31       If  the  repository is a fork, its parent repository will be set as the
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OPTIONS

37       -u, --upstream-remote-name <string>
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SEE ALSO

43       gh-repo(1)
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47                                   Nov 2023                   GH-REPO-CLONE(1)