[Docker] Install Git on Alpine Linux

If you want to install Git the distributed Version Control System on Alpine Linux as a Docker Container, then you should choose the official alpine/git image from Docker Hub.

Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/alpine/git

Git Repo: https://github.com/alpine-docker/git

Syntax:

docker pull alpine/git

Example:

% docker pull alpine/git
Using default tag: latest
latest: Pulling from alpine/git
9b18e9b68314: Already exists 
f73995dadbe1: Pull complete 
fe98fba3ad13: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:7b9c96bea8268579e925b17170ae208788e90d508ec334421384913ba61cd610
Status: Downloaded newer image for alpine/git:latest
docker.io/alpine/git:latest

Usage Example:

% docker run -ti --rm -v ${HOME}:/root -v $(pwd):/git alpine/git clone https://github.com/alpine-docker/git.git

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