How to clone a Git repository?

by arnoldo.moen , in category: Third Party Scripts , a year ago

How to clone a Git repository?

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by darrion.kuhn , a year ago

@arnoldo.moen 

To clone a Git repository, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open your terminal or command prompt.
  2. Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository using the cd command. For example, cd Documents/Projects.
  3. Obtain the repository's URL. This can usually be found on the repository's website or by clicking the "Clone" button on the repository's GitHub page. It should look like https://github.com/username/repo.git.
  4. In your terminal or command prompt, run the clone command with the repository's URL. The command is git clone ://github.com/username/repo.git.
  5. Press enter, and Git will start cloning the repository to your local machine.


Once the cloning process is complete, you will have a local copy of the Git repository in the directory you specified in step 2.