func Clone(url string, path string, options *CloneOptions) (*Repository, error) { repo := new(Repository) curl := C.CString(url) defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(curl)) cpath := C.CString(path) defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cpath)) var copts C.git_clone_options populateCloneOptions(&copts, options) defer freeCheckoutOpts(&copts.checkout_opts) if len(options.CheckoutBranch) != 0 { copts.checkout_branch = C.CString(options.CheckoutBranch) defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(copts.checkout_branch)) } runtime.LockOSThread() defer runtime.UnlockOSThread() ret := C.git_clone(&repo.ptr, curl, cpath, &copts) if ret < 0 { return nil, MakeGitError(ret) } runtime.SetFinalizer(repo, (*Repository).Free) return repo, nil }