Clone contents of a GitHub repository (without the folder itself)

Question

I\'d like to git clone the contents of a repository I have on GitHub. When I git clone (git@github:me/name.git...) I get a folder called name

Answer 1

If the folder is not empty, a slightly modified version of @JohnLittle's answer worked for me:

git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/me/name.git
git pull origin master

As @peter-cordes pointed out, the only difference is using https protocol instead of git, for which you need to have SSH keys configured.