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

to clone git repo into the current and empty folder (no git init) and if you do not use ssh:

git clone https://github.com/accountName/repoName.git .