How do I Add a timestamp to a git clone for a Filemaker file?

Question

A rather odd application I suppose...but how can I add a timestamp to git clone for a Filemaker file.

Ideal on my MAC I'd like to use something like:

sudo git clone -l -s -n . ../Dev_copy_[date_time]

I've tried the follow:

sudo git clone -l -s -n . ../Dev_copy_date_+%F_%T

But it give me a literal clone

 "Dev_copy_date_+%F_%T"

Answer 1

You need to tell your shell to execute the date portion of your command, probably using backticks or $(...) , eg:

git clone -l -s -n . ../Dev_copy_`date "+%F_%T"`

Note that date is not connected to the date format string.

As a side note, running something like git with sudo is almost always a mistake. Try running this without sudo .

Also, please note that the copy you're cloning from in the current directory already contains a complete history of your commits. I'm not clear on what the benefit of manually creating a new copy with a manual timestamp is.