clone an existing git repository code example

Example 1: pull from existing git repo

git init .
git remote add origin [url of the repo]
git fetch origin

// To push
git push --set-upstream origin master
git branch -f master origin/master

Example 2: download github repository

git clone https://github.com/username/project-name.git

Example 3: cloning projects from github to local repository

cd [projects-folder]
gh repo clone [user-name]/[project-name]