Get 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. Part ofgit-extras
. More information: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-force-clone.
git force-clone remote_repository_location path/to/directory
git force-clone -b branch_name remote_repository_location path/to/directory
git force-clone -b branch_name remote_repository_location path/to/directory