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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):
 """ Clones a directory based on the clone_url and plugin_name given to the constructor. The clone will be located at self.path. """

        base_dir = '/'.join(self.path.split('/')[:-2])
        try:
            os.makedirs(base_dir, 0o700)
        except OSError:
            # Raises an error exception if the leaf directory already exists.
            pass

        self._cmd(['git', 'clone', self._clone_url, self.path], cwd=os.getcwd())