Repository clone
Encyclopedia
A Repository clone is a concept from distributed revision control
which represents the cloning of a remote repository
to a local copy.
A clone operation is performed when a developer
wants to start working on an existing project.
(mtn), Mercurial
(hg), git
, and Bazaar (an alias for branch). SVK
calls it mirror.
Distributed revision control
A distributed revision control system , distributed version control or decentralized version control keeps track of software revisions and allows many developers to work on a given project without necessarily being connected to a common network.-Distributed vs...
which represents the cloning of a remote repository
Repository (version control)
A Repository is a concept from distributed revision control that refers to a data structure, usually stored on a server, that contains, among other things:* A set of files and directories.* Historical record of changes in the repository....
to a local copy.
A clone operation is performed when a developer
Software developer
A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...
wants to start working on an existing project.
Usage by DVCSs
A few tools have a clone command: monotoneMonotone (software)
Monotone is an open source software tool for distributed revision control. Monotone tracks revisions to files, groups sets of revisions into changesets, and tracks history across renames.The focus of the project is on integrity over performance...
(mtn), Mercurial
Mercurial
Mercurial is a cross-platform, distributed revision control tool for software developers. It is mainly implemented using the Python programming language, but includes a binary diff implementation written in C. It is supported on Windows and Unix-like systems, such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Linux...
(hg), git
Git (software)
Git is a distributed revision control system with an emphasis on speed. Git was initially designed and developed by Linus Torvalds for Linux kernel development. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on...
, and Bazaar (an alias for branch). SVK
SVK
SVK is a decentralized version control system written in Perl, with a hierarchical distributed design comparable to centralized deployment of BitKeeper and GNU arch. The primary author of svk is Kao Chia-liang...
calls it mirror.