title: How to clone a git repo using python?
body: <p>I am looking for equivalent way to clone a repo in python</p>
  
  <pre><code>clone_start=`date +%s%N` &amp;&amp; git clone --quiet ssh://$USER@$host:29418/git_performance_check &gt;&amp; /dev/null &amp;&amp; c
  lone_end=`date +%s%N`
          Time_clone=`echo "scale=2;($clone_end - $clone_start) / 1000000000" | bc`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I do it ?</p>