gitRepo is a convenient volume type that clones your existing Git repository into a container:

// an example of how to use gitRepo volume type
# cat 2-6-6_gitRepo.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: gitrepo
spec:
  containers:
  - image: ubuntu
    name: ubuntu
    command:
      - sleep
      - "3600"
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /app
      name: app-git
  volumes:
  - name: app-git
    gitRepo:
      repository: "https://github.com/kubernetes-cookbook/second-edition.git"
      revision: "9d8e845e2f55a5c65da01ac4235da6d88ef6bcd0"

# kubectl create -f 2-6-6_gitRepo.yaml
pod "gitrepo" created

In the preceding example, the volume plugin mounts an empty directory and runs the git clone <gitRepo.repolist> to clone the repository into it. Then the Ubuntu container will be able to access it.