Git clone without git directory

Question

Is there a flag to pass to git when doing a clone  say don t clone the  git directory  If not  how about a flag to delete the  git directory after the clone

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since you only want the files  you don t need to treat it as a git repo   rsync -rlp --exclude   git  user host path to git repo      and this only works with local path and remote ssh rsync path  it may not work if the remote server only provides git    or https    access

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You can always do  git clone git   repo org fossproject git  amp  amp  rm -rf fossproject  git

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Alternatively  if you have Node js installed  you can use the following command   npx degit GIT REPO  npx comes with Node  and it allows you to run binary node-based packages without installing them first  alternatively  you can first install degit globally using npm i -g degit     Degit is a tool created by Rich Harris  the creator of Svelte and Rollup  which he uses to quickly create a new project by cloning a repository without keeping the git folder  But it can also be used to clone any repo once

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Use   git clone --depth 1 --branch master git   someserver somerepo dirformynewrepo rm -rf   dirformynewrepo  git    The depth option will make sure to copy the least bit of history possible to get that repo  The branch option is optional and if not specified would get master  The second line will make your directory dirformynewrepo not a Git repository any more  If you re doing recursive submodule clone  the depth and branch parameter don t apply to the submodules

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