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git clone in current directory

git clone git@github.com:user/my-project.git .

git clone to specific folder

git clone repo-url full-path-to-folder

# example
git clone git@github.com:org/repo.git /full/path/to/folder
# will clone "repo" to "/full/path/to/folder"
cd /full/path/to/folder/
git status

how to git clone into a directory

git clone git@github.com:whatever folder-name
git clone git@github.com:whatever .

git clone directory from repository

git clone [repo]
cd [name of sub-dir]
git filter-branch --prune-empty --subdirectory-filter [path to sub-dir] HEAD