# Git clone issue

2 messages from 2020-01-28 to 2020-01-28. Participants: gopi basker, Kevin Daudt.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/52708

## gopi basker, 2020-01-28 13:11

Subject: Git clone issue
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Hi team,

I am facing issue when I try to clone using git clone command 

Getting following exception 

fatal: ambiguous argument ‘svn’ : un known revision or path not in the working  tree 

Could you please help to understand the issue 

Sent from my iPhone
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## Kevin Daudt, 2020-01-28 22:03

Subject: Re: Git clone issue
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 01:11:40PM +0000, gopi basker wrote:
> Hi team,
> 
> I am facing issue when I try to clone using git clone command 
> 
> Getting following exception 
> 
> fatal: ambiguous argument ‘svn’ : un known revision or path not in the working  tree 
> 
> Could you please help to understand the issue 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone

It would help if you gave the actual command you are trying. It seems
that you are trying to clone an svn repository?

In that case you would need to use `git svn clone <url>`.

Kind regards, Kevin

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