Cloning from GitHub basically requires you to get a web address to feed into the Git client. For this example, we're going to clone the Microsoft Visual Studio Code repo.

The process of copying the content to local machines is called cloning. When cloning a repository, the engineer clones its entire history with the source files of each existing version.

Keeping your code repositories in-house is a good way to avoid security leaks. Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to connect to a Gogs local repository from the Git command line.

When cloning the repository you’ll be prompted to enter the username and password if cloning via HTTP/S. How to clone repositories ...

Need to git clone a specific commit? There's no single command to do it, but clever use of branch and reset commands makes it possible to clone a single, specific git commit.