Cloning a Git Repository

To clone a Git Repository:

Choose Team > Git > Clone from the IDE's main menu. The Clone Repository wizard displays.
In the Remote Repository panel of the wizard, specify the URL that contains the connection protocol and the location of the Git repository, user name and password (you can save the latter for the future if required).
(Optional) Press Proxy Configuration to display the Options dialog box and set the proxy server settings. Click OK when finished.
Click Next to switch to the next step of the wizard.
In the Remote Branches panel, select the repository branch(es) to be fetched to your local repository. Click Next.
In the Destination Directory panel, specify the following:
- In the Parent Directory field, the path to the directory intended for the cloned repository on your hard drive (alternatively, click the Browse button and navigate to the directory).
  The Parent Directory field is pre-filled with the path to the default NetBeansProjects directory where all NetBeans projects are stored.
- In the Clone Name field, the name of the local folder where the original project will be cloned to.
  By default Clone Name is filled out with the actual Git repository name.
- In the Checkout Branch field, selected the branch to be checked out into the working tree.
- In the Remote Name field, the name that represents the original repository being cloned.
  origin is the default alias of the repository being cloned. It is a recommended value.
- Leave the Scan for NetBeans Projects after Clone checkbox selected to activate after-scanning right after the clone finishes. (The plugin searches for NetBeans projects in the cloned resources and offers to open the found projects.)
Click Finish.
After a Git repository is cloned, the metadata .git folder is created inside the folder you selected in the wizard.

Notes:

Select the Scan for NetBeans projects after clone option if you intend to immediately work with the cloned sources.
If the sources contain projects, a dialog will appear prompting you to open them in the IDE.
If the sources do not contain a project, the dialog will appear prompting you to create a new project from the sources and then open them in the IDE. When you create a new project for such sources, select the appropriate project category in the Create Project wizard and then use the Create Project with Existing Sources template in that category.

The IDE supports the following Git URLs:

Protocol	Access Method	Example
file	Direct repository access (on local disk)	`file:///path_to_repository` or `path_to_repository`
http	Access via HTTP protocol	`http://hostname/path_to_repository`
https	Access via HTTP protocol with SSL encryption	`https://hostname/path_to_repository`
ssh	Access via SSH protocol	`ssh://hostname/path_to_repository`
sftp	Access via SFTP protocol	`sftp://hostname/path_to_repository`
git	Access via GIT protocol	`git://hostname/path_to_repository`

See Also: About Git Support

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