You can clone a repository from GitHub.com to your local computer, or to a codespace, to make it easier to fix merge conflicts, add or remove files, and push larger commits.

You can clone or fork a repository with GitHub Desktop to create a local repository on your computer. You can create a local copy of any repository on GitHub that you have access to by cloning the …

Cloning a repository from GitHub to GitHub Desktop You can use GitHub to clone remote repositories to GitHub Desktop. Tip You also can use GitHub Desktop to clone repositories that exist on GitHub. For …

You can create a new, empty repository on GitHub and then, optionally, clone it locally. Alternatively, you can push an existing local repository to GitHub, and optionally set it as the remote for your local …

When you create a repository on GitHub, it exists as a remote repository. You can clone your repository to create a local copy on your computer and sync between the two locations.

You can use an SSH URL to clone a repository to your computer, or as a secure way of deploying your code to production servers. You can also use SSH agent forwarding with your deploy script to avoid …

Cloning a repository To grab a complete copy of another user's repository, use git clone like this: $ git clone https://github.com/USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git # Clones a repository to your computer You …

When you fork a project in order to propose changes to the upstream repository, you can configure Git to pull changes from the upstream repository into the local clone of your fork.

Add existing repositories from your local computer to GitHub Desktop, or clone repositories from GitHub.

For example, to clone a repository on the command line you would enter the following git clone command. You would then be prompted to enter your username and password.