github Cloning a repository from GitHub Clone a repository
Example
- Go to the repository you want to clone (something like: https://github.com/username/repo)
- On the right, click on the green button named clone or download
- A small window will appear, copy the url (something like: https://github.com/username/repo.git)
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Open a terminal window on the machine you want to clone that project to
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Navigate from the command line to the location you want to clone the project to
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Enter the command: git clone <copied_url_from_step_3>
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Press Enter
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Something like the following will appear:
Cloning into
<repo_name>...remote: Counting objects: 10, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (8/8), done.
remove: Total 10 (delta 1), reused 10 (delta 1)
Unpacking objects: 100% (10/10), done.
