IntelliJ IDEA will also pick up common build tools like Gradle or Maven, and automatically download the required dependencies before building the project for you. You can then press Enter, or click Clone, and IntelliJ IDEA will clone the GitHub repository to the directory we selected. You can also change the directory that this project is created in on your machine if required. You can paste the repository URL into the URL input box that we copied from the repository earlier. Clicking on this gives us the Get from Version Control dialog. Regardless of your version, you’ll have an option to get a project from version control. The welcome screen varies from version to version, the video uses the welcome screen in IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3. If you don’t have any projects open when you first start IntelliJ IDEA, you’ll see a welcome screen. When we click the clipboard icon, the URL will be copied to our clipboard. Let’s use HTTPS as it can be the simplest option. You can use HTTPS or SSH, amongst other options. There are several ways to clone a Git repository to your local machine. In the video, we used this IntelliJ samples repository, but it could be one of your repositories if you prefer.

The first thing we need to do is to clone the git repository to our local machine. Clone a GitHub Repository to Our Local Machine This provides an easy way for people to skim the content quickly if they prefer reading to watching, and to give the reader/watcher code samples and links to additional information. This blog post covers the same material as the video with some additional tips and tricks. In this blog, we’re going to look at how to create an IntelliJ IDEA project from existing code in a GitHub repository.

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