Git Init and Clone

Creating a New Repository

By running git init in an empty folder or an existing project folder you can initialize a Git repository. Navigate to the project's root directory in your terminal and run:

git init

This command creates a hidden .git directory in your project folder, which contains all the necessary files and data to manage version control for your project.

Cloning an Existing Repository

If you have created a repository on Github, Gitlab, etc., you can create a local copy of the remote repository on your computer.

To clone a Git repository, use the git clone command followed by the repository's URL:

git clone <repository_url>

Replace <repository_url> with the actual URL of the repository on Github, Gitlab, etc., for example: https://github.com/username/example-repo.git

By default, Git clones the repository into a directory with the same name as the remote repository. If you want to specify a different directory name, you can do so after the URL:

git clone <repository_url> <directory_name>