diff --git a/src/fetchcode/__init__.py b/src/fetchcode/__init__.py
index c573991f..b44a04aa 100644
--- a/src/fetchcode/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fetchcode/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def __init__(self, location, content_type, size, url):
 def fetch_http(url, location):
     """
     Return a `Response` object built from fetching the content at a HTTP/HTTPS based `url` URL string
-    saving the content in a file at `location`   
+    saving the content in a file at `location`
     """
     r = requests.get(url)
     with open(location, 'wb') as f:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def fetch_http(url, location):
 def fetch_ftp(url, location):
     """
     Return a `Response` object built from fetching the content at a FTP based `url` URL string
-    saving the content in a file at `location`  
+    saving the content in a file at `location`
     """
     url_parts = urlparse(url)
 
diff --git a/src/fetchcode/vcs/__init__.py b/src/fetchcode/vcs/__init__.py
index c839aa3b..b8152134 100644
--- a/src/fetchcode/vcs/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fetchcode/vcs/__init__.py
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 class VCSResponse:
     """
     Represent the response from fetching a VCS URL with:
-- `dest_dir`: destination of directory
-- `vcs_type`: VCS Type of URL (git,bzr,hg,svn)
-- `domain` : Source of git VCS (GitHub, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
+    - `dest_dir`: destination of directory
+    - `vcs_type`: VCS Type of URL (git,bzr,hg,svn)
+    - `domain` : Source of git VCS (GitHub, Gitlab, Bitbucket)
     """
 
     def __init__(self, dest_dir, vcs_type, domain):
@@ -40,16 +40,17 @@ def __init__(self, dest_dir, vcs_type, domain):
         self.domain = domain
 
 
-def fetch_via_vcs(url):
+def fetch_via_vcs(url, location=None):
     """
     Take `url` as input and store the content of it at location specified at `location` string
-    Return a VCSResponse object 
+    Return a VCSResponse object
     """
     parsed_url = urlparse(url)
     scheme = parsed_url.scheme
     domain = parsed_url.netloc
-    temp = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    os.rmdir(temp)
+    if location is None:
+        location = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        os.rmdir(location)
     if scheme not in vcs.all_schemes:
         raise Exception("Not a supported/known scheme.")
 
@@ -58,6 +59,6 @@ def fetch_via_vcs(url):
             vcs_type = vcs_name
 
     backend = vcs.get_backend_for_scheme(scheme)
-    backend.obtain(dest=temp, url=misc.hide_url(url))
+    backend.obtain(dest=location, url=misc.hide_url(url))
 
-    return VCSResponse(dest_dir=temp, vcs_type=vcs_type, domain=domain)
+    return VCSResponse(dest_dir=location, vcs_type=vcs_type, domain=domain)
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diff --git a/src/fetchcode/vcs/git.py b/src/fetchcode/vcs/git.py
index 9d9c6cca..72bc9708 100644
--- a/src/fetchcode/vcs/git.py
+++ b/src/fetchcode/vcs/git.py
@@ -19,21 +19,28 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from fetchcode.vcs.pip._internal.vcs.git import Git
+from fetchcode.vcs.pip._internal.vcs.versioncontrol import RevOptions
 from fetchcode.vcs.pip._internal.utils import misc
 from fetchcode.vcs.pip._internal.vcs import vcs
 from fetchcode.vcs import VCSResponse
 
 
-def fetch_via_git(url):
+def fetch_via_git(url, location=None):
+    """
+    Take `url` as input and store the content of it at location specified at `location` string
+    If location string is not set, a tempfile.mkdtemp() will be created to store content in.
+    tempfile.mkdtemp must be cleaned by user manually.
+    Return a VCSResponse object
+    """
     parsed_url = urlparse(url)
     scheme = parsed_url.scheme
     domain = parsed_url.netloc
-    temp = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-    os.rmdir(temp)
+    if location is None:
+        location = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        os.rmdir(location)
     if scheme not in Git.schemes:
         raise Exception("Not a Git based scheme.")
 
     backend = vcs.get_backend(name="git")
-    backend.obtain(dest=temp, url=misc.hide_url(url))
-
-    return VCSResponse(dest_dir=temp, vcs_type="git", domain=domain)
+    backend.obtain(dest=location, url=misc.hide_url(url))
+    return VCSResponse(dest_dir=location, vcs_type="git", domain=domain)
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