Using other repos

Introduction to GitHub Concepts

Jasmin Ludolf

Content Developer, DataCamp

Cloning

Similar to copy-paste
Linked to the original repo
Creates a copy on a local computer
Allows updates to go back and forth

How does it work?

With Git:
- Push changes back to the original repo
- Pull changes into our local version

Illustration of two arrows moving in a cycle to imply the push pull worklfow

Clone a repo

Screenshot of the main view of the private repo for bank marketing owned by George Boorman

Clone a repo

View of the bank marketing repo with a green circle around the Code button and an arrow pointing towards it.

Clone a repo

View of the dropdown menu after clicking the Code button on a GitHub repo.

Clone a repo

View of the dropdown menu after clicking the Code button on a GitHub repo and the copy icon is highlighted.

Clone a repo

$ pwd
/home/jasmin/bank_project

$ git clone https://github.com/george-boorman/bank_marketing.git

May need to input GitHub logins here

> Cloning into `bank_project`...
> remote: Counting objects: 10, done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (8/8), done.
> remove: Total 10 (delta 1), reused 10 (delta 1)
> Unpacking objects: 100% (10/10), done.

Clone an empty repo

View of an empty repository and where to get the clone link

Forking

Illustration of two sheep that are identical but separate.

Copy without a link to the original repo
Forking creates an independent copy
Good to run experiments without risk
Used for collaboration
Anyone can fork a public repo
The owner of a private repo should configure their settings
Submit changes with a pull request
Different to creating a new branch where we need to be a collaborator

¹ iStock Credit:Anton Shaparenko Stock illustration ID:1158104118

Fork a repo

Screenshot of the main view of the private repo for bank marketing owned by George Boorman

Fork a repo

Screenshot of the main view of the private repo for bank marketing owned by George Boorman and the fork button is highlighted

Fork a repo

Screenshot of the main view of the private repo for bank marketing owned by George Boorman with the dropdown menu from the fork button visible and the Create new fork button highlighted