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Add `git clone` to List of Basic Git Commands 

`git clone` is a common entry point to collaborators on an existing
project, and should be near the top, as it would be one of the first
commands run when getting set up.
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## Basic Git commands
### Clone down a repository
This is for you to get a copy of the repository from a ongoing project, where REPOSITORY-URL is the url to your git repository. It will be placed in a folder that has the same name as your repository by default.
```bash
git clone REPOSITORY-URL
```
Once your repository is cloned, you can change your working directory to the new folder and use the other commands below.
```
cd REPOSITORY
```
### Go to the master branch to pull the latest changes from there
```bash