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Development Tools Git Basics Working With Remote Repositories Cloning

Mark Pecota
Mark Pecota
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Posted by Mark Pecota
Mark Pecota
4,541 Points

Cloning a github repository

I am able to clone a repository easily from github.com using the command:

git clone <github clone URL>

The project files are copied onto my local computer, but a repository is not created. Do I have to run git init to create a new repository locally?

How do I have the two repositories communicate with one another?

2 Answers

Stephen Whitfield
Stephen Whitfield
16,771 Points

Go to the directory where you cloned the project on your hard drive. Do you see a git folder in that directory? You should be able to get started pulling and fetching and whatnot to master after you clone a repo.

Mark Pecota
Mark Pecota
4,541 Points
Mark Pecota
Mark Pecota
4,541 Points

I wasn't deep enough in the directories :/ After I navigated one directory deeper I had the git folder. Thanks for the help.

Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points
Mohd Maqbool Alam
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Mohd Maqbool Alam
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,715 Points

just fire the terminal and navagiate to the repo you had clone and then type command ls -la which will show the hidden files where u can see .git folder