tldr/pages/common/hg-clone.md

hg clone

Create a copy of an existing repository in a new directory. More information: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/doc/hg.1.html#clone.

• Clone a repository to a specified directory:

hg clone {{remote_repository_source}} {{destination_path}}

• Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits:

hg clone {{[-b|--branch]}} {{branch}} {{remote_repository_source}}

• Clone a repository with only the .hg directory, without checking out files:

hg clone {{[-U|--noupdate]}} {{remote_repository_source}}

• Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag or branch, keeping the entire history:

hg clone {{[-u|--updaterev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}

• Clone a repository up to a specific revision without any newer history:

hg clone {{[-r|--rev]}} {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}