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‐
26       ured  using  --upstream-remote-name.  The --upstream-remote-name option
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OPTIONS

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

39       gh-repo(1)
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