Make a clone of a repository specified by URI in the local file named FILENAME. URI may be one of the following forms: ([...] denotes optional elements):

• HTTP/HTTPS protocol:

  http[s]://[userid[:password]@]host[:port][/path]
  

• SSH protocol:

  ssh://[userid@]host[:port]/path/to/repo.fossil[?fossil=path/fossil.exe]
  

• Filesystem:

  [file://]path/to/repo.fossil
  

Note that in Fossil (in contrast to some other DVCSes) a repository is distinct from a checkout. This command create a clone of a repository. Use the separate open command to open a checkout from that repository.

For ssh and filesystem, path must have an extra leading '/' to use an absolute path.

Use %HH escapes for special characters in the userid and password. For example "%40" in place of "@", "%2f" in place of "/", and "%3a" in place of ":".

By default, the current login name is used to create the default admin user. This can be overridden using the -A|--admin-user parameter.

Options:

--admin-user|-A USERNAME

Make USERNAME the administrator

--httpauth|-B USER:PASS

Add HTTP Basic Authorization to requests

--nocompress

Omit extra delta compression

--once

Don't remember the URI.

--private

Also clone private branches

--save-http-password

Remember the HTTP password without asking

--ssh-command|-c SSH

Use SSH as the "ssh" command

--ssl-identity FILENAME

Use the SSL identity if requested by the server

-u|--unversioned

Also sync unversioned content

-v|--verbose

Show more statistics in output

See also: init, open