Cloning is essentially downloading, in so much as you point your local Git client at the destination on GitHub and it will pull the content down, creating a new directory on your local machine.

Learn how to add a GitHub repository to VS Code as well as how to install a handy extension to manage pull requests and issues.

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.

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a private GitHub repository, then demonstrate how to securely clone and pull your code locally without the need to deal with fatal errors.

How does Git repo work? A Git repository is the .Git/ folder inside a project. Its purpose is to track the changes brought to the project, building a history over time.