Clone the repository
If you are prompted for a username and password when cloning, use your account name as the username and the Personal Access Token you created in the previous step as the password.
Clone the repository
Prerequisites
You need access to the Git repository of the project and its URL.
The release manager of the project can give it to you.
It looks like this: https://github.com/trailheadapps/dreamhouse-lwc.git
If you do not have a folder for your Git repositories yet, create a C:\git folder (or D:\git) and use it as the destination of all your clones.
From the Git server UI
Some Git providers have a Clone > Open in VS Code button on the repository page. When it is available, it is the fastest way to clone.
Otherwise, copy the HTTPS URL of the repository and clone it from VS Code.
GitHub
Click the green Code button, make sure the HTTPS tab is selected, then click the copy icon next to the URL. Use it in the From VS Code section below.
GitLab
Click Code, then Open in your IDE > Visual Studio Code (HTTPS).
If you are prompted for a username and password, use the Personal Access Token you created in the previous step as the password (video tutorial).
If VS Code keeps asking for the same password, run the following command line once:
git config --global credential.helper store
Azure DevOps
In Azure DevOps, use Clone > Open in Visual Studio Code from your repository page.
If this option is not available, copy the HTTPS repository URL and use it in the From VS Code section below.
If you are prompted for credentials, use the Azure DevOps Personal Access Token you created in the previous step as the password.
Bitbucket
Click the Clone button on your repository page. In the dialog, switch the dropdown from SSH to HTTPS (top right of the dialog), then click the copy icon next to the URL. Use it in the From VS Code section below.
You might need to remove
git cloneat the beginning of the copied text.
From VS Code
- In VS Code, press Ctrl+Shift+P (Cmd+Shift+P on Mac), type Git: Clone and select the command.
- Paste the URL of your Git repository and press Enter.
- If you are asked for a directory and you do not have one yet, create an empty folder at the root of your hard drive and select it (for example
C:/gitorD:/git).
- If you are asked for a directory and you do not have one yet, create an empty folder at the root of your hard drive and select it (for example
- Click Open in the notification that appears at the bottom right of VS Code.
- The project is open in VS Code. You are now ready to start a User Story.
