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Clone a remote repository

Clone a remote repository - Git Tutorial

From the course: Complete Guide to Git

Clone a remote repository

- [Instructor] In this movie, we will learn how to Clone a Remote Repository. We learned how to create a new remote repository in your GitHub account, but what if you do not control the GitHub account, and you just want to collaborate on the project? All collaborators need access to that remote, which in our case means they need their own GitHub account. Public repositories are going to be available to everyone, but the owner must grant access to private repositories by going to the Settings menu from the GitHub project. GitHub will then send an email to the collaborator, inviting them to join the project. Finally, each collaborator must go to the project page and clone the remote repository. This is true for open-source projects too. You can use the search field on GitHub to find the project page, and then clone the project to work with it. On the project page, you can click the Code button to see several clone options. I'm going to use https. Once again, the URL that we see here is…

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