3.1 Remotes and Clone

A local repository exists only on your computer. A remote repository is usually hosted on GitHub, GitLab, Gitee, or an internal company platform for backup, collaboration, and code review.

What does clone do?

bash

git clone https://github.com/example/project.git

git clone downloads the remote history and files, then automatically names that remote URL origin.

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You can inspect remote URLs:

bash

git remote -v

The output may look like:

text

origin  https://github.com/example/project.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/example/project.git (push)

remote is a name, not the website itself

origin is only an alias. Think of it as "the default remote repository." The real address is the URL after it.

Note

After cloning, you have a local repository copy. When you commit locally, the remote repository does not update automatically; you need push.

3.1 Remotes and Clone

A local repository exists only on your computer. A remote repository is usually hosted on GitHub, GitLab, Gitee, or an internal company platform for backup, collaboration, and code review.

What does clone do?

bash

git clone https://github.com/example/project.git

git clone downloads the remote history and files, then automatically names that remote URL origin.

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You can inspect remote URLs:

bash

git remote -v

The output may look like:

text

origin  https://github.com/example/project.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/example/project.git (push)

remote is a name, not the website itself

origin is only an alias. Think of it as "the default remote repository." The real address is the URL after it.

Note

After cloning, you have a local repository copy. When you commit locally, the remote repository does not update automatically; you need push.