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authorAndrew Fontaine <afontaine@gitlab.com>2019-01-17 17:07:07 -0500
committerAndrew Fontaine <afontaine@gitlab.com>2019-01-17 17:07:07 -0500
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Add `git clone` to List of Basic Git Commands
`git clone` is a common entry point to collaborators on an existing project, and should be near the top, as it would be one of the first commands run when getting set up.
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## Basic Git commands
+### Clone down a repository
+
+This is for you to get a copy of the repository from a ongoing project, where REPOSITORY-URL is the url to your git repository. It will be placed in a folder that has the same name as your repository by default.
+```bash
+git clone REPOSITORY-URL
+```
+
+Once your repository is cloned, you can change your working directory to the new folder and use the other commands below.
+
+```
+cd REPOSITORY
+```
+
+
### Go to the master branch to pull the latest changes from there
```bash