Git Activity: Clone a GitHub repository to your local machine

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Git Activity: Clone a GitHub repository to your local machine

Source: Cloning a repository in the GitHub Docs.

Part 2 of 6: Publish and update a website with Git and GitHub Pages

1. Create a GitHub repository
2. Clone a GitHub repository to your local machine.
3. Add an empty webpage to a local repo
4. Commit changes to index.html.
5. push changes to GitHub.
6. Deploy your GitHub repo to GitHub Pages.

Pre-requisites

• GitHub repository created.
• If cloning using SSH, you will need to configure SSH keys.

Instructions

1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

2. Above the list of files, click "Code".

   

3. To clone the repository using HTTPS, under "Clone with HTTPS", click the copyboard icon. To clone the repository using an SSH key, including a certificate issued by your organization's SSH certificate authority, click Use SSH, then click the copyboard icon.

   

   

4. Open Terminal.

5. Change the current working directory to the location where you want the cloned directory.

6. Type git clone, and then paste the URL you copied earlier.

   $ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY
   

7. Press Enter to create your local clone.

   $ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY
   > Cloning into `Spoon-Knife`...
   > remote: Counting objects: 10, done.
   > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (8/8), done.
   > remove: Total 10 (delta 1), reused 10 (delta 1)
   > Unpacking objects: 100% (10/10), done.
   

8. Navigate to your new cloned directory.

   $ cd YOUR-REPOSITORY
   

Next Step

• Add an empty webpage to a local repo