Git clone without .git directory

Question

Is there a flag to pass to git when doing a clone, say don\'t clone the .git directory? If not, how about a flag to delete the .git di

Answer 1

Alternatively, if you have Node.js installed, you can use the following command:

npx degit GIT_REPO

npx comes with Node, and it allows you to run binary node-based packages without installing them first (alternatively, you can first install degit globally using npm i -g degit).

Degit is a tool created by Rich Harris, the creator of Svelte and Rollup, which he uses to quickly create a new project by cloning a repository without keeping the git folder. But it can also be used to clone any repo once...