Checkout out code from a remote repository

To checkout code from a remote repository you'll have to have the URI for the repository handy. Git supports several protocols, so it may start with git@, https://, git://, etc. For this example we'll be using git@github.com:abhikp/git-test.git

1. In the directory where you want the source folder to be contained run git clone git@github.com:abhikp/git-test.git.

   % git clone git@github.com:abhikp/git-test.git         
   Cloning into git-test...
   remote: Counting objects: 18, done.
   remote: Compressing objects: 100% (12/12), done.
   remote: Total 18 (delta 2), reused 17 (delta 1)
   Receiving objects: 100% (18/18), done.
   Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), done.
   % ls
   git-test
   % ls git-test
   INSTALL   README    main.java
   

   If you want to specify the directory name: git clone git@github.com:abhikp/git-test.git gtest

   % git clone git@github.com:abhikp/git-test.git gtest         
   Cloning into git-test...
   remote: Counting objects: 18, done.
   remote: Compressing objects: 100% (12/12), done.
   remote: Total 18 (delta 2), reused 17 (delta 1)
   Receiving objects: 100% (18/18), done.
   Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), done.
   % ls gtest
   INSTALL   README    main.java