Change the name of a git repository on the local machine

Question

I have a git repository in a remote repository named site.git. I want to create a local repository in a subdirectory site/www/. When I simply clone the repository to the www directory, I get site/www/site.

How can I set up my local repository without the extra directory?

Answer 1

A similar question has already been asked and there is the perfect answer:

How do you clone a git repository into a specific folder?

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I will give the simplest solution. Use the command:

git clone <repository> [<directory>]

Link to documentation: git-clone

Answer 2

cd site/www
git clone site.git .