How to download code from github

Github is a hosting platform for open source and private software projects. I believe many programmers and developers will use this platform. On Github, many open source projects will open their source code to facilitate other developers to learn, learn from and contribute code. This article will introduce how to download code on Github.

1. Preparation

First, you need to register a Github account. Then, you need to install the Git client. Git is a version control system often used for team collaboration and development. After the installation is complete, you need to set your username and email address.

$ git config --global user.name "Your username"
$ git config --global user.email "Your email"

2. Clone code

On Github, each project has a URL, similar to https://github.com/username/repo.git. Among them, username is the author of the project, and repo is the name of the project. To download the project, just copy the URL and execute the following command in the Git client:

$ git clone https://github.com/username/repo.git

After executing the above command, Git will automatically download the project code to the local. If the project is public, i.e. anyone can download it, the cloning process will be completed quickly. However, if the project is private, meaning only specific developers are allowed to download it, you will need to gain access to the project before you can download the code.

3. Pull the latest code

If you have cloned the code of a certain project and want to get the latest code of the project, you only need to execute the following command in the local project directory ：

$ git pull

This command will download the latest code from Github and merge it into your local code base. If you haven't modified the project's code recently, this operation should be completed quickly.

4. Download the code of a specific branch

On Github, each project can have multiple branches. By default, when cloning a project, the project's master branch code is downloaded. If you want to download the code for a specific branch, just specify the branch in the clone command. For example, to download the code of the test branch of the project, you can execute the following command:

$ git clone -b test https://github.com/username/repo.git

This command will Download the code of the test branch locally.

5. Summary

The above is how to download the code on Github. If you are a developer or programmer, downloading source code on Github is a very common operation. Through the introduction of this article, I believe you have mastered how to download the code on Github. Hope this article can help you.

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