# Git Basics Pt2

## Clone

- *git clone* : This command is for taking the repository into your local system into a new empty directory
- git clone is used to create a clone/copy of the required repository.

## Branches

![image.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1649490036268/qhOD6AnAI.png)

- *git branch* :  lists all the branches in your repository

- *git branch -d* : deletes a specific branch

- *git branch -D* : Force deletes a specific branch




## Remote repositories 
remote repositories are versions of your project that are hosted on the Internet or network somewhere.

- git remote add
- git remote -v