GitHub is a great resource for developers although it can seem a little complicated to use at first. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to download from GitHub on the following operating systems: MS Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu). So without further ado, let’s start.
Why Use OpenHub for GitHub For PC. OpenHub for GitHub is one of the most downloaded apps from Google Store. It is widely used for its smoother performance, security, and interactive features. In android, its features are very much appreciated by the users. So, there is no doubt that on PC it will be a big hit too. Run the mac workflow. Next, click here to go to the GitHub actions screen for the mac workflow, and then click the 'Run workflow' dropdown on the right, and then click the green 'Run workflow' button that appears. Access the shell using ssh or browser. After a few seconds, you'll see a spinning orange circle. Click the 'mac' hyperlink next to it.
Why Use Github
How to Download From GitHub on Windows & Mac OS X
Mac and Windows users will be happy to find out that files and projects can be download from GitHub by using a GUI. There are many Git clients available, some free and some commercials, but for this tutorial, we’ll stick to the official Git clients from GitHub.
- Head over to https://desktop.github.com/ and download the Native Git Desktop for your operating system.
- Once the download has completed, proceed with the installation. When asked to sign in, you can either create a free account or skip this step.
- Once you’ve completed the installation, you will see the GitHub Desktop window. Click on Clone a repository:
- Now you’ll need to get the URL of the project you wish to download from GitHub. For this tutorial, we’ll download phpMyAdmin. The URL for the project is https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It’s the same URL you would use to access the phpMyAdmin project from your web browser. Select the URL tab and copy the project URL in the text box:
- If you wish to modify the local path, choose another folder. When you’re done, click the Clone button. The phpMyAdmin project will be downloaded to your hard drive.
- Once the cloning process has completed, just click on “open this repository in Explorer” to access the phpMyAdmin files:
So that’s all there is to it. Next, you can copy the downloaded files to your project.
How to Download From GitHub on Linux
On Linux, you’ll to install “Git.” Here’s how to do this depending on the Linux distribution you are using:
Installing Git on CentOS
Installing Git on Debian
Installing Git on Ubuntu
Once you’ve installed Git, you can check its version:
How Use Github For Mac High Sierra
Configuring Git for Linux
To use Git, you’ll need to specify your name and email address:
Cloning a GitHub Repository
Start by creating a directory in which you will keep all the GitHub repositories you’ll clone:
Before you can clone a repository, you need to find the URL to its “.git” file. For this example, we’re going to clone the phpMyAdmin repository. Open this URL in your browser: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Click on the green “Clone or download” button and then on the “Copy to clipboard” icon next to the URL.
Now use this URL with the “git” command to clone the repository:
Once the download is completed, the phpMyAdmin files will be found in ~/git/phpmyadmin
So, downloading files from GitHub is as simple as that. Of course, there is much more you can do with Git, such as managing your repositories or contributing to other projects. If you’re interested in learning more about Git, you can read the official documentation here.
Related
I like BitBucket – all the cool kids use Github, but for small businesses BitBucket is great. Why? Because it has free private repositories for teams of 5 or smaller. And that’s me right there.
Currently I am using BitBucket for Brush Ninja, and I’ve recently started using it for Pro Theme Design. We use Git at Miniclip, and we also use a lot of the Atlassian suite. We actually host Git ourselves and don’t use BitBucket – but we do use Stash, Bamboo, Jira, and Confluence – so I’m quite well versed in their apps. As such I use SourceTree for my Git management. Much nicer than the command line – but also more complex than the Github Mac app.
Darren however isn’t used to SourceTree or BitBucket. He uses Github – and Github for Mac – but Github for Mac is designed around Github so using it for external repositories can be a little confusing. To help with this – I have written a short guide for adding an external repository to Github for Mac.
Use Github For Documentation
- Login to BitBucket and go to the repository you want to use
- Click the “Clone” button, and change the drop down option to HTTPS.
- Copy the command that appears (something like: git clone https://[email protected]/team-name/repository-name.git)
- Open terminal on your mac and navigate to wherever you want the theme files stored.
- Paste the clone command in the terminal, press enter and then enter your password when requested.
- In Github for Mac go to the repositories screen and click the + sign in the status bar.
- Select Add Local Repository – and then select the repository you folder you want to add.
- Done
Note that for this to work you will need to have Git installed on your dev machine. You can download Git from the official website.
Install Github Mac
I’ve only tried this with Github for Mac and BitBucket but I imagine the instructions will be basically the same for any 3rd party repository, and almost the same for the Windows version of the Github app.