git clone — Copying a Repository

Starting from an Existing Repository

git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git          # into ./repo/
git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git my-dir   # into ./my-dir/
git clone --depth 1 url                              # shallow: only latest commit

git clone does three things automatically:

1. Creates the directory and initialises a Git repo inside
2. Adds the source as a remote named origin
3. Checks out the default branch

Cloning locally (same as from GitHub)

git clone /path/to/repo.git my-copy
cd my-copy
git remote -v
# origin  /path/to/repo.git  (fetch)
# origin  /path/to/repo.git  (push)

After cloning

git log --oneline          # see the history
git branch -a              # see all branches (local + remote)
git switch -c feature origin/feature  # check out a remote branch

Your Task

A bare repository exists at $BARE. Clone it into a directory called my-clone, then inside the clone make a commit and push it back.