clone
Domain: Version Control
🎯 Motivation
clone downloads a full copy of a remote repository to your computer, including all history and branches. It is the first step to working on an existing project locally.
📋 Concrete Example
You run git clone https://github.com/user/project.git and get a local folder with the entire project, ready to edit and commit to.
🔗 Analogy
Cloning is like downloading a complete blueprint of a house. You get every measurement and revision history, not just the final floor plan.