Git Examples: Using Local Repositories

Clone a local repository

Say you have a repository under /home/path/to/repo.git and you want to clone it into the project/ directory (it is created if it doesn't exist)

$ git clone --local file:///home/path/to/repo.git project

Note that, if your project is in a directory (with a .git directory within), you can also use the directory name as the pointer to the repository:

$ git clone --local file:///path/to/repo/directory project

Add a local repository as remote

You can also use the handle above to have your git-versioned directory track a local repository:

$ cd my-project
my-project$ git remote add origin file:///home/path/to/repo.git