Repositories

In Git[1], a collection of source and its history[2] is called a repository. On a local machine, this is stored in the `//.git/` directory. Forges[3] also have repositories, typically called a “remote repository”.

Remotes

A remote is a connection between the local repository and one or more remote ones. These all have a name, but the most common is `origin`.

$ git remote
origin

These remotes are how you “push” changes from the local to the remote or “pull” down changes from the remote into the current branch.

$ git push
$ git pull

Once on the remote, all the changes will be available to pull down to another machine or used in a pipeline[4].

Cloning

To create a local copy of a remote repository, you use the `git clone` command. This requires a URL to clone from, which can be retrieve from the forge's project page.

With that URL, you can clone it. Since I use the command line, this is just:

git clone ssh://forgejo@src.mfgames.com/fedran-sources/sand-and-blood.git

What this will do is create a directory called `sand-and-blood` in the current directory and set up the local repository. At the same time, it will set up the `origin` remote.

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