To get started with Git, you need a git repository. This quick tutorial will show you how to use "git init" to quickly create a git repo on your local machine.

How to clone a repository from the command line This method is even easier and assumes you have Git installed on your machine.

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to create a private GitHub repository, then demonstrate how to securely clone and pull your code locally without the need to deal with fatal errors.

GitHub is used for a variety of reasons, not least as a way to distribute your own code. One of the absolute basics is cloning a repository from GitHub to your local machine.