gohas.blogg.se - january 2023

Once you have your account created, you can fork a public repository to your account. Before we get started, you need to create a free GitHub account, as you’ll need somewhere to store your fork. So, how do you fork a public repository? It’s actually quite easy. Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else’s project, like fixing a bug or adding a feature as we mentioned. Here, you could mess around the code and experiment with it without affecting the original project, because this would be your copy or “fork.” So, you could “fork” my Tip Calculator, creating a copy on your GitHub account.

For example, you could find a bug in my Tip Calculator or want to add your own features. It gives you your own copy on your GitHub account that allows you to freely experiment with changes without affecting the original project. A fork is simply your own copy of a repository.įorking a repository comes with a number of benefits. If you’re planning on downloading GitHub files to experiment with, the best way would be to “fork” the project. While the way we outlined is simple and straightforward, it’s most optimal for simply viewing the code files, not experimenting. We’re going to be installing the same tip calculator from the command line in this demo. For this to work, you’ll need to install the Git tools. Downloading GitHub Files Using CommandsĪlternatively, you can easily clone a file or repository using a few simple commands on GitHub. If you go to Wes Bos’ JavaScript 30 repository on Github, you’ll notice that - since it is a public repository - it can be downloaded the same way. That’s a fairly small codebase, with only a couple of files in it.

Finally, navigate to that selected folder, and you’ll find all of those Github files that we downloaded right there!.

You’ll want to right-click it and choose the option that says Extract All…, Unzip, or Uncompress, and then select a folder where you want the files to end up.

Then, open your Downloads folder on your computer and find the ZIP file.

All of the files will begin downloading to your computer, usually in your Downloads folder.

Then, in the dropdown, select Download ZIP.

So, if you go to a public codebase - such as this Tip Calculator that I built - you’ll notice that in the top-right corner is a green button that says Clone or Download, click on the button.

That said, unless the owner of the codebase checks a box otherwise, their codebase can be downloaded onto your computer, packed into a. This is because public repositories are considered to be codebases that are open source. Most public repositories can be downloaded for free, without even a user account. So if you’re not entirely sure how you can download files from projects (or entire projects) from GitHub, we’re going to show you how.