clone a git repo in rust

To clone a Git repository in Rust, one can use the std::process::Command module to execute the git clone command in the command-line interface.

Here is an example code block:

main.rs
use std::process::Command;

fn main() {
    let output = Command::new("git")
                     .args(&["clone", "https://github.com/username/repository.git"])
                     .output()
                     .expect("Failed to execute command");

    println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
}
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In this example, the git command is executed with the clone argument and the URL of the repository to be cloned. The output() method is called to run the command and capture its output. Finally, the output is printed to the console using println!().

Note that this code assumes that Git is installed on the system and accessible from the command-line interface. If Git is not installed or not in the system PATH, the output variable will contain an error message explaining the issue.