Teach you how to download resources on GitHub

In today's software development field, GitHub has become an indispensable tool. It is the largest open source community in the world and one of the most convenient version control tools. Resources on GitHub include program code, documents, images, etc. These resources are often open, free, and can be shared and collaborated under version control. However, many people do not know how to download resources on GitHub. Let us introduce it in detail below.

First, you need to register an account on GitHub, which is free. After registration is completed, you need to enter the GitHub official website and log in to your account. In the search box in the upper left corner, enter the name of the resource you want to download, such as "Bootstrap", and then click the search button to search.

In the search results page, you can see all related resources. Select the resource you want to download and click on its name link, which will take you to the resource's home page, as shown in the image below.

In the home page of the resource, you can see the source code of the resource and the various versions you can download. By default, you'll see the latest version of the source code. If you want to download the source code for an earlier version, click the "Branch" drop-down menu and select the version you want to download.

Next, click the "Clone or download" button, which will pop up a drop-down menu. You need to select the "Download ZIP" option in the drop-down menu so that you can download the ZIP file of the entire resource. As shown below.

After the download is completed, unzip the ZIP file to get all the source code. If you are on Windows operating system, you can use tools like WinRAR or 7-Zip to decompress the ZIP file. If you are on a Mac operating system, you can use the built-in decompression tool to decompress.

In addition, there are also some resources on GitHub that can be downloaded using the git command line tool. To use the git command to download resources, you need to enter the following command on the command line.

git clone git://github.com/user/repo.git

Note that you need to replace "user" and "repo" with the author and resource name of the resource you want to download. If all goes well, git will download all source code to the current directory.

In summary, downloading GitHub resources is not difficult. Just enter the name of the content you want to download in the search box, then select the version you want to download, and you can download the complete file by clicking the "Download ZIP" button resource pack. Alternatively, you can use the git command line tool to download. As a developer, mastering this skill will make your development efficiency twice the result with half the effort, and it is worth trying.

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