How to clone a project on github (steps)

GitHub is the world's largest open source code hosting platform. Developers can share their projects on the platform and host the project's source code on the platform. There are many open source projects on GitHub. If you want to learn and use these projects, you need to know how to clone the project on GitHub.

This article will introduce you in detail how to clone a project on GitHub. The following are five steps:

1. Preparation

Before starting the operation, you need to confirm that you have Registered a GitHub account and installed the Git command line tool. If the above conditions are not met, please register and install it first.

2. Find the project on GitHub

On the GitHub website, find the project you want to clone, and enter the project homepage by searching or directly entering the URL.

3. Copy the project link

In the project homepage, find the Git address of the project and copy the address. Generally speaking, two types of links will be provided on the page, one is an HTTPS link and the other is an SSH link. Here we choose HTTPS link.

4. Execute the clone command in the local terminal

Open the local terminal, enter the folder you want to clone to, and execute the command:

git clone https://github.com/用户名/项目名.git

Please enter the above command Replace the user name and project name with the user name and project name in the link copied in step three, and execute the above command in the terminal.

When the command is executed successfully, the source code of the project will be cloned to the local folder.

5. Update the source code

If the source code of the project is updated on GitHub, you need to execute the following command in the local folder to update the local source code:

git pull origin master

The above command will pull the latest code from the git remote library of the project and automatically merge it into your current branch.

Summary:

Cloneing a project on GitHub is very simple. You only need to prepare the work and follow the steps to successfully clone the project's source code locally. At the same time, it is recommended that when executing the clone command, you should make sure that you are cloning an open source project and comply with the relevant open source agreement.

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