If you want to get a copy of an existing Git repository — for example, a project you’d like to contribute to — the command you need is git clone. If you’re familiar with other VCSs such as Subversion, you’ll …

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Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is lightning fast and has a huge ecosystem …

Now What? Now that you have downloaded Git, it's time to start using it. Read the Book Dive into the Pro Git book and learn at your own pace. Download a GUI Several free and commercial GUI tools …

Clones a repository into a newly created directory, creates remote-tracking branches for each branch in the cloned repository (visible using git branch --remotes), and creates and checks out an initial …

The git backfill command provides a way for the user to request that Git downloads the missing blobs (with optional filters) such that the missing blobs representing historical versions of files can be …

There are several options for installing Git on macOS. Note that any non-source distributions are provided by third parties, and may not be up to date with the latest source release.

Git comes with built-in GUI tools for committing (git-gui) and browsing (gitk), but there are several third-party tools for users looking for platform-specific experience.

Just go to https://git-scm.com/download/win and the download will start automatically. Note that this is a project called Git for Windows, which is separate from Git itself; for more information on it, go to …

During clone and fetch operations, Git downloads the complete contents and history of the repository. This includes all commits, trees, and blobs for the complete life of the repository. For extremely large …