How to clone git to a server?

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Git clone to any server? (even without git installed)

I've googled and searched stackoverflow quite a bit, so I hope this hasn't been asked and I just missed it. Can you clone a repository to any server/storage that you have access too? Or does this 'server' need to run git. As I understand it, it is enough that just the computer sending the commands has git? Silly question, but started git today :)

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It's possible to clone into any folder structure, local or remote, to which you have access. This doesn...

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