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    To clone a repo from a windows local file system

C:\some\dir\> git clone --local file:///C:/path/to/repo my_project

Find the location of remote repos

git remote show {remote name}

Set global user name and user email and pretty colors

git config --global user.name "Name"
git config --global user.email "Email@email.email"
git config --global color.ui auto

List out config variables

git config -l

Individual repo user settings

cd my_other_repo
git config user.name "Not Tekkub"
git config user.email "not@tekkub.net"

Export

git archive master | tar -x -C /somewhere/else
git checkout-index -a -f --prefix=/somewhere/else