Explore how to clone code from GitHub

Recently we often hear friends talk about finding interesting projects on GitHub, but don’t know how to clone the code. As one of the world's largest open source code repositories, GitHub has tens of thousands of codes for developers to use every day. In this article, we'll explore how to clone code from GitHub and build it into a running project.

Step 1: Create a GitHub account

If you don’t have a GitHub account yet, you need to create one first. Go to the GitHub official website (https://github.com/) and click the "Register" button in the upper right corner. Just fill in the basic information and activate the account.

Step 2: Find the project you are interested in and find it on GitHub

On the GitHub homepage, you can view popular open source projects and search for projects you are interested in by tags. You can view detailed information about the project on the project page and learn about the project's author, license, contributors, issues, and more.

Step 3: Clone the code

In the project page, you will see the Git URL of the project, copy it and open the command line, run the following command:

git clone <Git URL>

For example, if you want to clone a PyTorch project, you can use the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch.git

This will create a local repository with the PyTorch code.

Step 4: Build the Code

After the cloning is complete, you can open the project using the code editor and start building it. In your project's README.md or CONTRIBUTING.md file you will find detailed instructions for building and running your project.

For the PyTorch example, you can build the project using the following command:

cd pytorch
python setup.py install

This will build the project using Python and install it on your system so that you can call the library in Python .

Step 5: Commit changes

If you have made some changes to the project and want to commit those changes, you need to perform the following steps:

1. In Commit changes locally:

git add .
git commit -m "Your commit message"

2. Push commits to the remote repository:

git push

This will commit your changes and push them to the project's GitHub repository middle.

Conclusion:

Through this article, we learned how to clone code from GitHub and build it into a running project. To clone the code, just copy the Git URL and use the git clone command on the command line. Then, follow the project's instructions to build and run, just like we did in the PyTorch example. This way we can easily gain access to open source projects and join interesting projects.

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