$ git clone --no-hardlinks /path/to/repo The above command uses POSIX path notation for the directory with your git repository. For Windows it is (directory C:/path/to/repo contains .git directory):
C:\some\dir\> git clone --local file:///C:/path/to/repo my_project The repository will be clone to C:\some\dir\my_project. If you omit file:/// part then --local option is implied.