git clone <repo_url> <local_repo_name>

This command creates a copy of a remote repository on your local machine. The repo_url parameter specifies the URL of the remote repository, while the local_repo_name parameter specifies the name of the local repository directory to be created.

By default, the git clone command creates a remote tracking branch named origin/master, which is set to track the master branch of the remote repository. However, you can specify a different branch to track using the --branch or -b flag followed by the branch name.

Other useful flags include:

• --depth to specify the depth of the clone, allowing you to fetch only a specific number of commits or a certain time period of the repository's history.
• --single-branch to only clone a specific branch of the remote repository.
• --recurse-submodules to automatically initialize and clone any submodules associated with the repository.

Examples:

• git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git myrepo creates a local copy of the repo repository in a directory named myrepo.
• git clone --branch develop https://github.com/user/repo.git clones the develop branch of the remote repository.