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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, id, name=None):
 """Clone a gist Arguments: id: the gist identifier name: the name to give the cloned repo """

        url = 'git@gist.github.com:/{}'.format(id)

        if name is None:
            os.system('git clone {}'.format(url))
        else:
            os.system('git clone {} {}'.format(url, name))