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File www/quickstart.wiki part of check-in [44a4c365a7] - explained the clone command in a bit more detail (what it does and where to go from there) by stephan on 2008-05-19 13:08:01. [view]

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     </blockquote>
     <h2>Cloning A Existing Repository</h2>
     <blockquote>
+ 	<p>Cloning is the first step in checking out a repository,
+	and is fossil's equivalent to making a local copy of a remote repository.</p>
 
     <p>Use this command:</p>
 
     <blockquote>
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     <blockquote>
     <b>fossil clone http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil myclone.fsl</b>
     </blockquote>
+
+    <p>Cloning only a local copy of the source tree (as a single file), but
+        not something you can directly browse. After cloning, you can access
+        the files in the repository using the <tt>open</tt> command,
+        described below</p>
 
     <p>Note: If you are behind a restrictive firewall, you might need
     to <a href="#proxy">specify an HTTP proxy</a> to use.</p>