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Cloning repositories

In this video, Ross Conyers, a University of St. Andrews graduate, explores how to clone a repository from an existing network.

In this video, you’ll explore cloning repositories.

You will learn how to:

  • get the URL of the repository you want to clone
  • clone it to your local machine
  • start working on your clone of the repository.
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