Entity Framework 6: Clone object except ID

Question

In my MVVM program I have a Model class (say MyModel) from which I have an instance of reading from the database (using Entity Framework). When retrieving the o

Answer 1

When using ObjectContext the answer provided by QuantumHive does not work.

The error returned in that situation is :

An object with the same key already exists in the ObjectStateManager. The ObjectStateManager cannot track multiple objects with the same key.
System.InvalidOperationException: An object with the same key already exists in the ObjectStateManager. The ObjectStateManager cannot track multiple objects with the same key.
   at System.Data.Objects.ObjectStateManager.AddEntry(IEntityWrapper wrappedObject, EntityKey passedKey, EntitySet entitySet, String argumentName, Boolean isAdded)
   at System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext.AddSingleObject(EntitySet entitySet, IEntityWrapper wrappedEntity, String argumentName)
   at System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.RelatedEnd.AddEntityToObjectStateManager(IEntityWrapper wrappedEntity, Boolean doAttach)
   at System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.RelatedEnd.AddGraphToObjectStateManager(IEntityWrapper wrappedEntity, Boolean relationshipAlreadyExists, Boolean addRelationshipAsUnchanged, Boolean doAttach)
   at System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.RelatedEnd.Add(IEntityWrapper wrappedTarget, Boolean applyConstraints, Boolean addRelationshipAsUnchanged, Boolean relationshipAlreadyExists, Boolean allowModifyingOtherEndOfRelationship, Boolean forceForeignKeyChanges)
   at System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.RelatedEnd.Add(IEntityWrapper wrappedEntity, Boolean applyConstraints)
   at System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EntityReference`1.set_ReferenceValue(IEntityWrapper value)
   at System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EntityReference`1.set_Value(TEntity value)

To correctly clone an entity framework object (at least in EF6.0) is:

/// 

/// Clone a replica of this item in the database
/// 
/// The cloned item
public Item CloneDeep()
{
    using (var context = new EntityObjectContext())
    {
        var item = context.Items
            .Where(i => i.ItemID == this.ItemID)
            .Single();
        context.Detach(item);
        item.EntityKey = null;
        item.ItemID = 0;
        return item;
    }
}