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Clone an repository to an not empty folder
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2411031/how-do-i-clone-into-a-non-empty-directory
# Thanks: cmcginty, RichardC
git init
git remote add origin PATH/TO/REPO
git fetch
git reset origin/master # Required when the versioned files existed in path before "git init" of this repo.
git checkout -t origin/master
# If "git checkout -t origin/master" falls to "master already exists"
# Do this last two commands instead
git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/master
git ls-files -z --deleted | xargs -0 git checkout --
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