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# Cloning repos with VS Code

VS Code can control the entire Git workflow, from the clone, right through to the commit and virtually anything else.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Exercise" %}

* Fork the sample project
  * <https://github.com/burkeholland/i-love-lamp>
* Clone the sample project into the "exercise-7-git-source-control/start" folder
* Open the cloned project in VS Code
  {% endtab %}

{% tab title="Answer" %}

* Navigate to [https://github.com/burkeholland/i-love-lamp](https://github.com/burkeholland/i-love-lamp.git)
* Click the "Fork" button

![](/files/-Lm7KGkSZHVudtTvY5ry)

* On your forked repo, find the "clone or download" button and copy the URL&#x20;

![](/files/-Lm7L-XbeACVQt2WQwYW)

* Open the  "exercise-8-git-source-control" folder in VS Code
* Open the Command Palette (**Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P**) &#x20;
* Select "Git Clone"

![](/files/-Lm7LE3QHkT8S8do-FUj)

* Paste in the URL that you copied from Github

![](/files/-Lm7LsDSZz8Gb28p8XEq)

* Select the "start" folder in "exercise-8-git-source-control" folder

![](/files/-Lm7M2vW6oxdSZh_s3Mt)

* Click "Select Repository Location"
* Open a new instance of VS Code directly on the cloned "i-love-lamp" folder

```
cd exercise-8-git-source-control/start/i-love-lamp
code .
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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