git clone into home directory

linux git home-directory
rich picture rich · Feb 25, 2012 · Viewed 28.9k times · Source 
$ git clone ssh://host/repo.git ~/
destination directory '/home/username/' already exists.

Can anyone tell me how to make this work? I'm trying to quickly be able to replicate common dev scripts and config.

Answer

rich picture rich · Feb 25, 2012

This seems to work:

cd ~
git init
git remote add origin ssh://host/repo.git
git pull origin master

Related questions

Git asks for username every time I push

Whenever I try to push into my repo git asks for both username & password. I have no problem in re-entering my password each time but the problem is in entering username. I use https to clone my repository. So, …

Read More
"Unable to find remote helper for 'https'" during git clone

I am unable to clone HTTPS repositories. I can clone SSH repos fine, but not HTTPS repos. I cannot test the GIT protocol since I am behind a corporate firewall. This is what I am trying to do: $ git clone …

Read More
How to install latest version of git on CentOS 7.x/6.x

I used the usual: yum install git It did not install the latest version of git on my CentOS 6. How can I update to the latest version of git for CentOS 6? The solution can be applicable to newer versions of …

Read More