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Get remote repository Git

I am almost newby in Git and just read Git book from the official site. I try understand difference between next cases.

git init Project
git remote add Project [some-url]

and 

git clone [some-url]

And what is a preferable approach?

Solution

  • There is no question of preference. These are commands for 2 entirely different purposes.

    git init Project
git remote add Project [some-url]

    git init initializes a directory as a Git repository

    This is used when you are starting work on a new project, not continuing work on an existing project under version control.

    git clone [some-url]

    git clone copies a git repository so you can add to it

    This would clone an existing repository off the remote to your machine, so that you can work on it.

    Links to help you out:
    * git init
    * git clone