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types of clone?

Piyush Chaudhar
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September 7, 2016

This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: Clone a repository

What are the types of clone & difference between them.

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Caitlin Cecic
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September 12, 2016

The type of clone you do is based on the type of distributed version control system (DVCS) you are using for your repository. Bitbucket supports two different DVCS options: Git and Mercurial. Read more about both of them here: https://www.atlassian.com/dvcs/overview/dvcs-options-git-or-mercurial

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