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where ADDRESS is the address of your fork on Bitbucket. To get the address of your fork, look at the top the top right of your fork's home page on Bitbucket.

 

If you wish to use a GUI interface for cloning your fork instead of command line, we recommend using SourceTree, a free Git & Mercurial client available on Windows or Mac.

To clone your fork using SourceTree, download and run SourceTree and then select the Clone/New button near the top of the program.

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In the Clone/Add/Create Repository window enter the URL of your fork in the Source Path/URL textbox. Enter your destination path in the Destination Path textbox and then click the Clone button to clone your fork on your local computer.

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Make a branch

Before you start making changes to your local clone, you should first create a new branch for the changes you intend to make. This will allow you to issue focused, low risk pull requests that can be easily merged with other branches of development.

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