---
type: challenge
title: "The Cloner"
xp: 75
duration: 25
difficulty: 3
---

# The Cloner

> **[INCOMING — Mission Control, Earth]**
>
> Cadet, real work doesn't start from scratch. You join an existing
> project — clone it, make changes, commit.
>
> When your script runs, `remote.git` is a *bare repository* (think
> of it as a project living on a server) sitting in your working
> directory. Clone it into a folder called `project`:
>
> ```bash
> git clone remote.git project
> ```
>
> Then inside it, set your identity (Git won't let you commit
> without one), create `log-entry.txt` containing exactly
> `Cadet log entry — checked in.`, and commit with message
> `add cadet log entry`.
>
> [END TRANSMISSION]

## Your Task

In `starter/starter.sh`:

1. Clone `remote.git` into `project`
2. `cd project`
3. Set `user.name` and `user.email`
4. Create `log-entry.txt` with the exact line above
5. Add and commit with the exact message

## Objectives

- `project/.git` exists
- `project/log-entry.txt` matches the exact content
- `project/` has at least 2 commits in its log