# git clone problem 3 messages from 2017-01-25 to 2017-01-27. Participants: Jordi Durban, Santiago Torres. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/44970 ## Jordi Durban, 2017-01-25 16:58 Subject: git clone problem Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/ef188364-ccd2-e7f5-3c06-62afca79f8d3%40gmail.com ``` Hi all! Not sure if that will reach the goal, but let's it a try. I have a problem with the git clone command: when I try to clone a remote repository with the following: git clone --recursive https://github.com/whatever.git what I actually obtain is a copy of my own files in the current directory. I mean: In the current directory: $ls -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl $git clone --recursive https://github.com/whatever.git WHATEVER $ls -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 WHATEVER $ls WHATEVER -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl I am really confused with that. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you ``` ## Santiago Torres, 2017-01-25 17:58 Subject: Re: git clone problem Message-ID: <20170125175840.hy7d2f775dxnafpo@LykOS.localdomain> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20170125175840.hy7d2f775dxnafpo%40LykOS.localdomain In-Reply-To: ``` Hello, Jordi. Hmm, it should've cloned in the "whatever" directory. Can you post your git version/configs and maybe the output verbatim of the command when you run it? If you can reproduce in an empty dictionary that'd be better $ mkdir test && cd test $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/... $ ls Thanks, -Santiago On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:58:58PM +0100, Jordi Durban wrote: > Hi all! Not sure if that will reach the goal, but let's it a try. > > I have a problem with the git clone command: when I try to clone a remote > repository with the following: > > git clone --recursive https://github.com/whatever.git > > what I actually obtain is a copy of my own files in the current directory. > > I mean: > > In the current directory: > > $ls > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl > > $git clone --recursive https://github.com/whatever.git WHATEVER > > $ls > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 WHATEVER > > $ls WHATEVER > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl > -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl > > I am really confused with that. > > Any help will be appreciated. Thank you > ``` ## Jordi Durban, 2017-01-27 09:18 Subject: Re: git clone problem Message-ID: <1f99a4a2-2d6d-7bda-5f2c-9a0754791856@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1f99a4a2-2d6d-7bda-5f2c-9a0754791856%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20170125175840.hy7d2f775dxnafpo@LykOS.localdomain> ``` Hi Santiago! Thank you for your answer. What I meant was that the "WHATEVER" directory contained the same files as the current directory (i.e the directory where I typed "git clone"). Thus, no files from the remote repository were cloned. It seemed really weird. However I was playing around with git and finally I was able to clone remote files in a "test" location as you suggested. Thank you very much. El 25/01/17 a les 18:58, Santiago Torres ha escrit: > Hello, Jordi. > > Hmm, it should've cloned in the "whatever" directory. > > Can you post your git version/configs and maybe the output verbatim of > the command when you run it? > > If you can reproduce in an empty dictionary that'd be better > > $ mkdir test && cd test > > $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/... > > $ ls > > Thanks, > -Santiago > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:58:58PM +0100, Jordi Durban wrote: >> Hi all! Not sure if that will reach the goal, but let's it a try. >> >> I have a problem with the git clone command: when I try to clone a remote >> repository with the following: >> >> git clone --recursive https://github.com/whatever.git >> >> what I actually obtain is a copy of my own files in the current directory. >> >> I mean: >> >> In the current directory: >> >> $ls >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl >> >> $git clone --recursive https://github.com/whatever.git WHATEVER >> >> $ls >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 WHATEVER >> >> $ls WHATEVER >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K oct 24 17:29 get_fasta.pl >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 1,6K set 5 13:05 script_clus_miRNA_c95.pl >> >> I am really confused with that. >> >> Any help will be appreciated. Thank you >> ```