Working with Remote Repositories¶

Magit provides tools for working with remote repositories

• add a remote repository to a local repository
• clone remote repositories
• checkout remote branches and track them, including the branch of a pull request
• pull commits
• push commits

Magit Forge can also create and fork a remote repository, as well as manage issues and pull requests.

Demo - Create a local Git Repository and add a GitHub remote¶

Adding a remote repository starts at 3 minutes and 50 seconds into this video. →

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