# Cloning a Repository

Cloning a repository lets you create a copy of a project hosted on a service like GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket so you can work on the project on your Mac.

Take the following steps to clone a repository:

1. Choose Repository > Clone.
2. Enter the location of the repository you want to clone.
3. Click the Clone button.
4. Choose a location to save the cloned repository on your Mac.
5. Click the Clone button.

The location for a GitHub repository takes the following form:

    https://github.com/GitHubAccount/RepoName.git

Where `GitHubAccount` is the name of the GitHub account that hosts the repository and `RepoName` is the name of the repository.

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