title: Why can't I find my repo after Git Clone into SSH?
body: <p>I am a beginning programmer going through this <a href="http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754/ch08.html#_adjusting_the_database_location" rel="nofollow">Test-Driven-Development tutorial</a>. I've reached the chapter where I need to spin up a server and register some domain names that I can then use with my Django project and I've been able to do everything up until now. </p>
  
  <p>This step in the tutorial has me <code>git clone</code> my repo into the server, switch to the repo directory, and then run <code>python3 manage.py runserver</code> to get the expected "django is not installed on the server" error. </p>
  
  <p>The problem is that while it appears my repo has been successfully cloned, I cannot see the directory. Here is the error I am seeing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>user@ip-172-31-41-131:~$ git clone https://github.com/user/superlists.git \~/sites/$SITENAME/source
  Cloning into '~/sites/staging.user.com/source'...
  remote: Counting objects: 530, done.
  remote: Compressing objects: 100% (363/363), done.
  remote: Total 530 (delta 153), reused 521 (delta 148), pack-reused 0
  Receiving objects: 100% (530/530), 699.59 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
  Resolving deltas: 100% (153/153), done.
  Checking connectivity... done.
  user@ip-172-31-41-131:~$ cd ~/sites/$SITENAME/source
  -su: cd: /home/user/sites/staging.user.com/source: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I had assumed that since Git successfully cloned into <code>~/sites/$SITENAME/source</code> that the directory would have been automatically created. But when I went looking I couldn't find it:</p>
  
  <pre><code>user@ip-172-31-41-131:~$ cd sites
  user@ip-172-31-41-131:~/sites$ ls
  staging.user.com
  user@ip-172-31-41-131:~/sites$ cd staging.user.com
  user@ip-172-31-41-131:~/sites/staging.user.com$ ls
  database  static  virtualenv
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is my first posted question on SO. I have been here MANY times before and always look to see if anyone else has the same problem/question as me, but I could not find anyone else who has encountered this - although I'll admit I'm not sure the best way to ask it. </p>
  
  <p>Full disclaimer: The tutorial strongly suggests using Django v1.8, however I have been using v1.9 and have been able to search for any weird errors until now, but I can't see how that would matter since Django isn't even installed on the server. If I am wrong then I look forward to being enlightened.</p>