diff --git a/assertions/index.ts b/assertions/index.ts
index 76febd25..ed95714c 100644
--- a/assertions/index.ts
+++ b/assertions/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { DirectoryExist } from "./directoryExist";
 import { FileExist } from "./fileExist";
 import { DirectoryNotEmpty } from "./directoryNotEmpty";
 import { FileContains } from "./fileContains";
+import { RepositoryIsClean } from "./repositoryIsClean";
 
 
 export class Assertions {
@@ -40,4 +41,9 @@ export class Assertions {
         FileContains.run(filepath, content);
         return this;
     }
+
+    public repositoryIsClean(directory: string): Assertions {
+        RepositoryIsClean.run(directory);
+        return this;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/assertions/repositoryIsClean.ts b/assertions/repositoryIsClean.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83e45ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assertions/repositoryIsClean.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import * as child_process from "child_process";
+
+export class RepositoryIsClean {
+    public static run(directory: string): void {
+        let process = child_process.spawnSync("git status -s", { shell: true, cwd: directory });
+        if(process.status != 0) {
+            throw new Error("'git status -s' execution in directory " + directory + " returned error.")
+        } else if(process.stdout.toString()) {
+            throw new Error("Repository in directory " + directory + " is not clean. Current Status: " + process.stdout.toString());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/documentation/Functions.md b/documentation/Functions.md
index 49b93ea6..7f34a462 100644
--- a/documentation/Functions.md
+++ b/documentation/Functions.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The following functions are already implemented:
 * createDevon4jProject
 * buildJava
 * createFile
+* cloneRepository
 
 ***
 
@@ -105,4 +106,17 @@ A placeholder is optional. If you do not define a placeholder, the content in th
 
 Please try not to use custom placeholders. Keep in mind that you might want to build the project before changing them. Custom placeholders with a comment-syntax (e.g. "//PLACEHOLDER") will be removed by the console-environment and others might cause errors.
 
+
+***
+
+### cloneRepository
+#### parameter 
+1. Path into which the repository is to be cloned, relative to workspace.
+2. Git repository URL
+#### example 
+cloneRepository("", "https://github.com/devonfw-forge/tutorial-compiler.git")
+Repository will be cloned directly into the workspace directory.
+
+cloneRepository("devonfw-forge", "https://github.com/devonfw-forge/tutorial-compiler.git")
+Repository will be cloned into a newly created subdirectory devonfw-forge.
 ***
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diff --git a/runners/console/index.ts b/runners/console/index.ts
index ae6a4341..18fca0f4 100644
--- a/runners/console/index.ts
+++ b/runners/console/index.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ export class Console extends Runner {
         return result;
     }
 
+    runCloneRepository(step: Step, command: Command): RunResult {
+        let result = new RunResult();
+        result.returnCode = 0;
+
+        let directorypath = path.join(this.getWorkingDirectory(), "devonfw", "workspaces", "main", command.parameters[0]);
+        
+        this.createFolder(directorypath, true);
+        this.executeCommandSync("git clone " + command.parameters[1], directorypath, result);
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     async assertInstallDevonfwIde(step: Step, command: Command, result: RunResult) {
         let installedTools = command.parameters[0];
 
@@ -231,6 +243,19 @@ export class Console extends Runner {
         .fileContains(filepath, content);
     }
 
+    async assertCloneRepository(step: Step, command: Command, result: RunResult) {
+        let repository = command.parameters[1];
+        let repoName = repository.slice(repository.lastIndexOf("/"), -4);
+        let directorypath = path.join(this.getWorkingDirectory(), "devonfw", "workspaces", "main", command.parameters[0], repoName);
+        
+        new Assertions()
+        .noErrorCode(result)
+        .noException(result)
+        .directoryExits(path.join(this.getWorkingDirectory(), "devonfw", "workspaces", "main", command.parameters[0], repoName))
+        .directoryNotEmpty(path.join(this.getWorkingDirectory(), "devonfw", "workspaces", "main", command.parameters[0], repoName))
+        .repositoryIsClean(directorypath);
+    }
+
     private executeCommandSync(command: string, directory: string, result: RunResult, input?: string) {
         if(result.returnCode != 0) return;
 
diff --git a/runners/katacoda/index.ts b/runners/katacoda/index.ts
index fd7fdc54..8bac4436 100644
--- a/runners/katacoda/index.ts
+++ b/runners/katacoda/index.ts
@@ -228,6 +228,25 @@ export class Katacoda extends Runner {
 
     }
 
+    runCloneRepository(step: Step, command: Command): RunResult {
+
+        let cdCommand = this.changeCurrentDir(path.join("/root", "devonfw", "workspaces", "main"));
+        let directoryPath = "";
+        if(command.parameters[0].trim()) {
+            directoryPath = path.join(command.parameters[0]).replace(/\\/g, "/");
+            this.currentDir = path.join(this.currentDir, directoryPath);
+        }
+        
+
+        this.steps.push({
+            "title": "Clones Repository " + command.parameters[1],
+            "text": "step" + this.stepsCount + ".md"
+        });
+
+        this.renderTemplate("cloneRepository.md", this.outputPathTutorial + "step" + (this.stepsCount++) + ".md", { text: step.text, textAfter: step.textAfter, cdCommand: cdCommand, directoryPath: directoryPath, repository: command.parameters[1] });
+        return null;
+    }
+
     private renderTemplate(name: string, targetPath: string, variables) {
         let template = fs.readFileSync(path.join(this.getRunnerDirectory(),"templates", name), 'utf8');
         let result = ejs.render(template, variables);
diff --git a/runners/katacoda/templates/cloneRepository.md b/runners/katacoda/templates/cloneRepository.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..626111ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runners/katacoda/templates/cloneRepository.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<%= text; %>
+
+<%= cdCommand; %>
+
+<% if (directoryPath) { %>
+If the parent directories aren't already in the project, 'mkdir -p' will create them for you. 
+
+`mkdir -p <%= directoryPath; %>`{{execute}}
+
+`cd  <%= directoryPath; %>`{{execute}}
+<% } %>
+
+Now clone the repository to your local directory.
+
+`git clone <%= repository; %>`{{execute}}
+
+<%= textAfter; %>
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