In this article, I will show you the two ways you can get a git repository
Getting a git repository
You can get a git repository in two ways namely;
- Initializing a repository in a directory or existing project
- Cloning an existing Repository
Initializing a repository in a directory or existing project
This method takes an existing project or directory and imports it into Git. You can use the command;
git init
This creates a new subdirectory named .git that contains all of your necessary repository files.
Example:
Creating a folder called myProject (mkdir myProject)
- Creating two files named file1.txt and file2.txt inside the folder (cd myProject && touch file1.txt file2.txt).
- while in the myProject folder run command git init.
- Finally opening the folder will have the following structure.
If you have an existing project not yet tracked by git, simply go into the folder in a terminal window and type git init, which imports your existing project into git for tracking.
Cloning an existing repository
if you want to get a full copy of an existing project which is in git repository, for example, a project you will like to contribute to the command you need is;
git clone
Example:
if you want to clone a project on Github, with its URL link as below
https://github.com/Afoudo-Richard/buy_me_a_coffee_clone_vue.git
simply run the command
git clone https://github.com/Afoudo-Richard/buy_me_a_coffee_clone_vue.git
which will copy the entire project to your local computer and create a directory called buy_me_a _coffee_clone_vue, initialize a .git directory inside it, pull down all the data for that repository, and checks out a working copy of the latest version.
