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Git clone into non-empty directory
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git-clone-into-non-empty-directory.sh
#!/bin/sh
REPO_URL="$1"
TARGET_DIR="${2:-$(basename $REPO_URL .git)}"
SHADOW_DIR='.git.shadow'
cd $TARGET_DIR
git clone --no-checkout $REPO_URL $SHADOW_DIR
mv $SHADOW_DIR/.git .
rm -rf $SHADOW_DIR
git reset HEAD
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