force-clone --help
force-clone {remote_url} {destination_path}
force-clone --branch {branch_name} {remote_url} {destination_path}
Provides the basic functionality of git clone, but if the destination git
repository already exists it will force-reset it to resemble a clone of the
remote.
Because it doesn't actually delete the directory, it is usually significantly faster than the alternative of deleting the directory and cloning the repository from scratch.
CAUTION: If the repository exists, this will destroy all local work: changed files will be reset, local branches and other remotes will be removed.
If target-directory doesn't exist or isn't a git repository then the
arguments will simply be passed through to git clone.
If target-directory exists and is a git repository then this will:
- Remove all remotes
- Set the origin remote to
{remote_url}and fetch the remote - Discover the default branch, if no branch was specified
- Check out the selected branch
- Delete all other local branches
{remote_url} - The URL for a git remote repository of which to make a clone.
{destination_path} - A path to the local git repository location to clone into.
--branch {branch_name} - After cloning, checkout this branch.
git-force-clone -b master [email protected]:me/repo.git ./repo_dir
Written by Robin Winslow [email protected].