Change name of folder when cloning from GitHub

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When I clone something from Github  it creates a folder with the same name as the app on my computer  Is there a way to change the name  For example  doing this clone creates a long  quot sign-in-with-twitter quot  folder  git clone https   github com sferik sign-in-with-twitter git  I know I can rename the folder after  but I m wondering if there s a way to rename it as it comes in by adding an option at the end of the statement  For example  git clone https   github com sferik sign-in-with-twitter git  as  signin   the problem is that I m cloning some apps multiple times in order to tweak some of the settings to get it to work  and if there s a problem  I delete the folder  But  I m worried that some of the gems remain installed even though I ve deleted the folder

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Here is one more answer from  Marged in comments   Create a folder with the name you want Run the command below from the folder you created  git clone  lt path to your online repo gt

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git clone  lt Repo gt   lt DestinationDirectory gt    Clone the repository located at Repo into the folder called DestinationDirectory on the local machine

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In case you want to clone a specific branch only  then   git clone -b  lt branch-name gt   lt repo-url gt   lt destination-folder-name gt    for example   git clone -b dev https   github com sferik sign-in-with-twitter git signin

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You can do this   git clone https   github com sferik sign-in-with-twitter git signin   refer the manual here

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Arrived here because my source repo had  20 in it which was creating local folders with  20 in them when using simplistic git clone  lt url gt     Easy solution   git clone https   teamname visualstudio com Project 20Name  git Repo 20Name  Repo Name

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