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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def clone(self, url, update_after_clone=True, bare=False):
 """ Tries to clone changes from external location. :param update_after_clone: If set to ``False``, git won't checkout working directory :param bare: If set to ``True``, repository would be cloned into *bare* git repository (no working directory at all). """

        url = self._get_url(url)
        cmd = ['clone']
        if bare:
            cmd.append('--bare')
        elif not update_after_clone:
            cmd.append('--no-checkout')
        cmd += ['--', '"%s"' % url, '"%s"' % self.path]
        cmd = ' '.join(cmd)
        # If error occurs run_git_command raises RepositoryError already
        self.run_git_command(cmd)