I (think) I’ve set up Git correctly. How do I pull my friend’s project that he’s shared with me so that I can help him with it?
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I (think) I’ve set up Git correctly. How do I pull my friend’s project that he’s shared with me so that I can help him with it?
By “uploaded onto Git” I assume you mean “uploaded onto GitHub”. That’s an important distinction: Git is a source control system. GitHub is a place to host repositories that are controlled via git.
To clone a repository that is hosted on GitHub, first log into your github account and go to the main page (https://github.com/). Off to the right, just under the tiles at the top will be a section labeled “Your Repositories”. The one your friend shared with you should be listed. Click on it. Then near the top of this new page, you’ll see a git clone url like “git@github.com:abc/xyz.git”. Copy this and then run the command: