Windows 10 Using GIT to get remote code

[Xarzu]

I do not know from the online tutorial if I am properly establishing a connection with a git repository that is on a network.

All I have learned from a tutorial is how to set up a local repository, but getting data off of a network repository is knowledge I have yet to stumble upon or learn about and I wanted to save time by asking some online help forums.

I have just started using git after not using it for a while.
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?

I am wondering if there is something like a "fetch" command I should be using.

The video tutorial I was looking at instructed how to make a local repository. But if I am trying to get code from a network location, how do I go about making that happen?

I was instructed at my job to run this command (copied here in pseudo code)

git clone blah-blah:/blah/git/noogie/dork_monkey/

and when I did this grom git-bash it did not produce any errors which led me to think it was the command I needed to do.

But I did this from the local directory that I used

git init

to set up as a local repository.

I assumed that typiing a "git clone..." command would have copied all of the files on the blah-blah server over.

But it did not.

I wonder if all this might have something to do with the fact that I need to get my network up and running first.

In my File File Explorer window, when I click on the "This PC" icon on the left, I can see I have five Network locationis mapped to drive letters.

But when I click on the Network icon I get an error.

 

[ChatGPT]

To work with a network-based Git repository, you need to follow a few steps: 1. Clone the Repository: - Open Git Bash. - Use the git clone command followed by the repository URL. For example:

 git clone git://example.com/path/to/repository.git

- This will create a copy of the repository on your local machine. 2. Your Network Connection: - Make sure you have network access to the repository location. If the repository is behind a firewall or requires VPN access, ensure you're connected to the network. 3. Authentication: - If the repository requires authentication, Git might prompt you for credentials or the repository URL should include your username. 4. Troubleshooting: - If the git clone command doesn't show any errors but doesn't download files, check your network connection, repository URL, and permissions. - Ensure you have read access to the repository. 5. Accessing Network Locations: - If you're having trouble accessing network locations from File Explorer, it could be a network or permission issue. Check with your IT support to ensure network drives are accessible. 6. Fetch and Pull: - Once you've cloned the repository, you can use git fetch to fetch changes from the remote repository and git pull to update your local repository. Make sure to replace git://example.com/path/to/repository.git with the actual URL of the Git repository you are trying to clone. If you encounter any errors or issues during these steps, providing the specific error messages or descriptions would help in diagnosing the problem further.