Github: how to checkout my own repository

Question

I am very new to GitHub.

I have created a GitHub repository and pushed it from my computer.

Now I need to work on it from another computer.

How can I che

Answer 1

You don't need to fork it on the site, you can just clone your repository. There are links on your repository's page for cloning it with the SSH, git, or HTTP protocols. (Since it's your own, you probably want the SSH one.)

Information about how to clone a repository will come up very early in any git tutorial, so I'm not sure it's worth adding much more here - you might want to start with the one in Pro Git, for example:

• http://progit.org/book/ch2-1.html#cloning_an_existing_repository