Figure C Adding a repository URL for cloning in the GitHub Desktop client. Click Clone and the repository will be cloned into the local directory shown in the Local Path field.

Jack Wallen shows you how to add a GitHub shortcut to a Jira project so you can view information about branches, commits and pull requests.

Git init example Here's a simple example of how to use the git init command to create a new, local repository to track their files. First, create a folder on their computer for the software project.

Cloning files from GitHub is really easy whether you're using Windows or the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

How to fork a Git repo A Git fork is nothing more than a copy of an existing repository, along with a change to the name of the folder in which that repository resides. The change to the folder name ...