How I cloned my first Github repo and the challenges encountered

How I cloned my first Github repo and the challenges encountered

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Hi there.... Cloning a repo might be some what confuse and difficult to newbies using Github. Actually, it was kinda difficult for me at the first instance of trial but then i discovered this app called Github Desktop. So basically, after signing in with my Github account, some sidebar options appeared and what i've been looking for was right there (Cloning a Repo from the internet).

So i just followed the steps which are:

  1. Click Clone a Repo from the internet
  2. A menu then appears showing Github.com, Github Enterprise and URL
  3. Click the URL option tab
  4. Next, Copy the URL of the Repo you want to clone from the Github account
  5. Paste the URL in the URL box available
  6. Click clone
  7. After the cloning process, a new menu appears with three options #Open in Visual Studio Code #Open in Explorer #View in Github
  8. Choose a choice, but i preferably chose Open in Explorer and then i uploaded it on my Github as a repo.

Challenges

  • Had problems navigating the Github Desktop application, as i was just using it for the first
    time. Didn't understand much on the screen so i had to test a few features on the app before i finally got the right thing.

So feel free to try it out yourself...It works....