Clone an existing Git Repository

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1 Overview
2 Get the Github clone URL
3 git clone

Overview

When we start working on Git projects, we usually have two options. Create a brand new repository and upload it to Github so that the team can work from scratch. The other option is to clone an existing project repository and start working on the project.

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Get the Github clone URL

Login to the Github website with your credentials.

Copy the project Github URL. we will use this clone URL in the Git clone command.

 

github clone url

 

git clone

Launch the Git command-line client on your machine.

Issue the git clone command.

/> git clone <project github URL>

 

git clone existing repository

 

git clone command will download and replicates the remote GitHub project repository from the GitHub server to your local machine.

Git Project clone