cloneref - Mintlify Starter Kit

Returns a separate Lua reference to instance - Roblox treats both as the same Instance.

cloneref(instance: Instance): Instance

Commonly written wrapping a service - cloneref(game:GetService("CoreGui")). Considered industry-standard for all scripts written in a Roblox Executor context. See more here.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`instance`	`Instance`	The Instance to clone.

Returns

Aliases

clonereference

Example

local fake_players = cloneref(game:GetService("Players"))
local real_players = game:GetService("Players")
print(compareinstances(fake_players, real_players) -- uh false? I forgot

local rs = cloneref(game:GetService("CoreGui"))

for _, child in rs:GetChildren() do
    print(child.Name)
end

Use compareinstances(a, b) to check whether two values are the same Instance - regular == returns false the moment one side has been through cloneref. The cloneref copy and the original point at the same Instance, so changes through either (setting properties, adding children, calling :Destroy()) show up on both.