Question Looking for help with GIT

I have just started using git.
I have created a repository.
Then, as I was instructed, I made a “git clone” command which consisted of “git clone” followed by a path.
I expected this to get the contents of the path and put it into my repository – meaning the directory I made. This did not happen. What do I do?
How do I get a local copy of a remote work space for me to work on?

 

The path should be the URL to your repository.

For example, if your repository is hosted on GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/<your-github-username>/<your-repository>.git

 

If you don't feel fancy using command line, then you might find GUI clients like Github Desktop helpful:

• https://desktop.github.com/

Or Sourcetree. Here's an overview of some others:

• https://git-scm.com/downloads/guis/

 

How do I get a local copy of a remote work space for me to work on?
I mean, I want to copy the code down to my local hard drive. I know that the path is in the URL to my repository but that does not answer my question.
Am I supposed to use a "pull" command?

 

That is what

git clone

does.

You shouldn't need to manually run a

git pull

, as

git clone

is supposed to automatically fetch, checkout, & pull from the main/master branch, but you can try running a manual

git pull

anyway.

If you're not seeing any files in your local repository, then it's because your remote repository doesn't have any files committed to the main/master branch. Does your repository have other branches? If so, you'd need to checkout to the branch that has the files you're looking for.

You can run

git branch -r

to list all the branches your remote repository has, then run

git switch <name-of-remote-branch>

to create a local copy of that branch.

git switch

will also

git pull

from the remote branch automatically as well.