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git clone with folder name

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

git clone in current directory

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

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

git clone with subdirectories

git clone ... --recursive