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+package git_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"srcd.works/go-billy.v1/memfs"
+	git "srcd.works/go-git.v4"
+	"srcd.works/go-git.v4/config"
+	"srcd.works/go-git.v4/plumbing"
+	"srcd.works/go-git.v4/storage/memory"
+)
+
+func ExampleClone() {
+	// Filesystem abstraction based on memory
+	fs := memfs.New()
+	// Git objects storer based on memory
+	storer := memory.NewStorage()
+
+	// Clones the repository into the worktree (fs) and storer all the .git
+	// content into the storer
+	_, _ = git.Clone(storer, fs, &git.CloneOptions{
+		URL: "https://github.com/git-fixtures/basic.git",
+	})
+
+	// Prints the content of the CHANGELOG file from the cloned repository
+	changelog, _ := fs.Open("CHANGELOG")
+
+	io.Copy(os.Stdout, changelog)
+	// Output: Initial changelog
+}
+
+func ExamplePlainClone() {
+	// Tempdir to clone the repository
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "clone-example")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir) // clean up
+
+	// Clones the repository into the given dir, just as a normal git clone does
+	_, err = git.PlainClone(dir, false, &git.CloneOptions{
+		URL: "https://github.com/git-fixtures/basic.git",
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Prints the content of the CHANGELOG file from the cloned repository
+	changelog, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(dir, "CHANGELOG"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	io.Copy(os.Stdout, changelog)
+	// Output: Initial changelog
+}
+
+func ExampleRepository_References() {
+	r, _ := git.Clone(memory.NewStorage(), nil, &git.CloneOptions{
+		URL: "https://github.com/git-fixtures/basic.git",
+	})
+
+	// simulating a git show-ref
+	refs, _ := r.References()
+	refs.ForEach(func(ref *plumbing.Reference) error {
+		if ref.Type() == plumbing.HashReference {
+			fmt.Println(ref)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// Example Output:
+	// 6ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5 refs/remotes/origin/master
+	// e8d3ffab552895c19b9fcf7aa264d277cde33881 refs/remotes/origin/branch
+	// 6ecf0ef2c2dffb796033e5a02219af86ec6584e5 refs/heads/master
+
+}
+
+func ExampleRepository_CreateRemote() {
+	r, _ := git.Init(memory.NewStorage(), nil)
+
+	// Add a new remote, with the default fetch refspec
+	_, err := r.CreateRemote(&config.RemoteConfig{
+		Name: "example",
+		URL:  "https://github.com/git-fixtures/basic.git",
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	list, err := r.Remotes()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, r := range list {
+		fmt.Println(r)
+	}
+
+	// Example Output:
+	// example https://github.com/git-fixtures/basic.git (fetch)
+	// example https://github.com/git-fixtures/basic.git (push)
+}