How to get Git to clone into current directory

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simply put a dot next to it

git clone [email protected]:user/my-project.git .

From git help clone:

Cloning into an existing directory is only allowed if the directory is empty.

So make sure the directory is empty (check with ls -a), otherwise the command will fail.

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