

Setting the URL for pushes simplifies pushing to your mirror. So, it will always be the same as the original repository.

With a bare clone, a mirrored clone includes all remote branches and tags, but all local references will be overwritten each time you fetch. Create a bare mirrored clone of the repository: To mirror a repository in another location as well as get updates from the original, just clone a mirror and periodically push the changes.Ģ. Read More Mirror a Repository in Another Location Remove the temporary local repository you created earlier: Push the repository’s Git Large File Storage objects to your mirror:ħ. Pull in the repository’s Git Large File Storage objects:Ħ. Move to the repository you cloned just now:Ĥ. $ rm -rf old-repository.git Mirror a Repository Containing Git Large File Storage Objectsģ. Delete the temporary local repository you created above: To copy a repository without forking it, you need to run a special clone command and then mirror-push to the new repository.įirst of all, you must create the new repository on GitHub by commands of username/new-repository or username/mirrored. Then, wait for the cloning process to complete. Press Enter to create your local repository. Type git clone and paste the link you copied above. Replace the current working directory with your destination address. Select the option you need and click the copy icon behind the URL link. There are three options for you to clone repo GitHub.

Above the files list, click the Code button.

On GitHub, go to the main page of the repository. How to Clone from GitHub by Command-Line? You are able to push your changes to the remote repository on GitHub or pull other people’s changes from GitHub. Read More How to Clone GitHub Repository?Ĭloning your repository pulls down a full copy of all the repository data that GitHub has at that point in time including all versions of every file and folder for the project.
