Seriously how do I clone ?? What did I write down wrong?
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Hi Orla6752,
It would be preferable if you didn’t cuss, although I do appreciate that you put an asterisk (*) in there 
To clone a Git repository, you can run:
$ git clone <repository-source>.git
Since I’m not sure which exercise you’re on, I can’t really help you much more than that.
If you still need help, please post a link to the exercise you’re on, and I’ll be happy to help you more
And also, next time you create a question, it will be much easier for us to help you if you include your code/the command you’re trying to run, a link to the exercise you’re on, and the error message you’re getting.
Thanks!
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Hey Zystvan,
With regards to the first task where am I going wrong in cloning? Can’t seem to work out the directory root…
$ git clone /curriculum/science-quizzes fatal: repository '/curriculum/science-quizzes' does not exist $ git clone science-quizzes fatal: destination path 'science-quizzes' already exists and is not an empty directory. $ git clone /Users/teachers/Documents/science-quizzes fatal: repository '/Users/teachers/Documents/science-quizzes' does not exist $ remote_location bash: remote_location: command not found $ git remote_location git: 'remote_location' is not a git command. See 'git --help'. $ git clone /science-quizzes fatal: repository '/science-quizzes' does not exist $ git clone /Users/teachers/curriculum/science-quizzes fatal: repository '/Users/teachers/curriculum/science-quizzes' does not exist $ git clone science-quizzes fatal: destination path 'science-quizzes' already exists and is not an empty directory. $ git clone curriculum science-quizzes fatal: repository 'curriculum' does not exist $ git clone /curriculum/ science-quizzes.git fatal: repository '/curriculum/' does not exist $ git clone /Users/teachers/Documents/curriculum/ science-quizzes fatal: repository '/Users/teachers/Documents/curriculum/' does not exist $
thanks in advance,
(hopefully I’ll have solved b4 your reply will edit if so for future students - wish me luck!)
EDIT: ok still not there but we’re getting somewhere… printed working directory (“pwd” for you voyeurs) and still getting error when entering
$ git clone /home/ccuser/workspace/curriculum/science-quizzes
fatal: destination path 'science-quizzes' already exists and is not an empty directory.
EDIT2: DOh! Worked it out… stupid mistake… wasn’t naming /my/ clone…
correct answer for OP is ;
$ git clone /home/ccuser/workspace/curriculum/science-quizzes my-quizzes
Cloning into 'my-quizzes'...
done.
$
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cheers m8 literally worked it out! thx tho - for future ref, with real world git - does this mean you don’t have to type location of directory you can simply use name of file/folder?
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I thought you had to include the file path that science-quizzes is located in? That’s what I originally tried, based on the following information from the lesson:
In this command:
remote_location tells Git where to go to find the remote. This could be a web address, or a filepath, such as:
/Users/teachers/Documents/some-remote
Apparently it’s much more simple than they were letting on! Thank you for your response.
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Thanks…Very correct…
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+1 to that, Thanks for stressing it.
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thank you so much!
i was stuck in this,too.
but your answer is completely correct.
I report this issue with codecademy.
hope they correct the instruction!
That is real-world git! If you try a couple of commands in that terminal you’ll find that you’re working against an ubuntu machine, a docker instance I’m guessing.
You typed in the almost-correct:
$ git clone science-quizzes
fatal: destination path 'science-quizzes' already exists and is not an empty directory.
But look at the response that git gave you, that’s why a new name needs to be specified.
You also tried a couple of other paths, some of them look like macintosh-style paths, and you were just guessing where you were!
Because you were already in the directory, you did not need to specify the full path.
It’s also possible to get the full path with the help of pwd (print working directory):
$ pwd
/home/ccuser/workspace/curriculum
Edit: oh. we’re in an ancient dug-up thread :<
thank you bro. that fix my problem!
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this is giving me error as repository science-quizzes does not exist
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