libgit2

git_clone_into

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Clone into a repository

After creating the repository and remote and configuring them for paths and callbacks respectively, you can call this function to perform the clone operation and optionally checkout files.

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int git_clone_into(git_repository *repo, git_remote *remote, const git_checkout_options *co_opts, const char *branch, const git_signature *signature);

Parameters

git_repository *
In
repo

the repository to use

git_remote *
In
remote

the remote repository to clone from

const git_checkout_options *
In
co_opts

options to use during checkout

const char *
In
branch

the branch to checkout after the clone, pass NULL for the remote's default branch

const git_signature *
In
signature

The identity used when updating the reflog.

Returns

int

0 on success, any non-zero return value from a callback function, or a negative value to indicate an error (use giterr_last for a detailed error message)

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