The question in this exercise is "Which command(s) would you use to get a detailed list of contents of the directory you have just cloned?" but the solution shows how to do the clone, it does not give the answer to the question.
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## Exercise: Obtain the Software Project Locally |
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Using the command line, clone the copied repository |
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from your GitHub account into the home directory on your computer using SSH. |
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Which command(s) would you use to get a detailed list of contents of the directory you have just cloned? |
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## Solution |
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1. Find the SSH URL of the software project repository to clone from your GitHub account. |
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Make sure you do not clone the original template repository but rather your own copy, |
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as you should be able to push commits to it later on. |
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Also make sure you select the **SSH** tab and not the **HTTPS** one - |
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for this course, SSH is the preferred way of authenticating when sending your changes back to GitHub. |
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2. Make sure you are located in your home directory in the command line with: |
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```bash |
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$ cd ~ |
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3. From your home directory in the command line, do: |
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```bash |
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$ git clone git@github.com:<YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>/python-intermediate-rivercatchment.git |
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Make sure you are cloning your copy of the software project and not the template repository. |
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4. Navigate into the cloned repository folder in your command line with: |
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```bash |
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$ cd python-intermediate-rivercatchment |
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Note: If you have accidentally copied the **HTTPS** URL of your repository instead of the SSH one, |
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you can easily fix that from your project folder in the command line with: |
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```bash |
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$ git remote set-url origin git@github.com:<YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>/python-intermediate-catchment.git |
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