git force-clone
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 of git-extras.
More information: https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-force-clone.
- Clone a Git repository into a new directory:
git force-clone remote_repository_location path/to/directory
- Clone a Git repository into a new directory, checking out an specific branch:
git force-clone -b branch_name remote_repository_location path/to/directory
- Clone a Git repository into an existing directory of a Git repository, performing a force-reset to resemble it to the remote and checking out an specific branch:
git force-clone -b branch_name remote_repository_location path/to/directory