title: Clone a project from github using command line in linux
body: <p>I'm new to both linux and github. I'm trying to learn and contribute to open source. </p>
  
  <p>The first step I have done is, installed git using yum. Searched for a project I'm interested in and cloned using </p>
  
  <p>git clone --bare  </p>
  
  <p>I see a folder with extension .git. I don't understand what is .git file. I'm expecting it to be the dump of the project. When I download it manually I get the project though. </p>
  
  <p>So what is .git extension and how do I see the contents of the projects there.</p>