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author: vijayma
ms.author: vijayma
ms.date: 10/18/2022
ms.topic: include
ms.service: azure-devops-repos
ms.subservice: azure-devops-repos-git
---

1. From the **Git** menu on the menu bar, choose **Clone Repository...**

   :::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/clone-repo.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'Clone Repository' option in the Git menu in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/clone-repo-lrg.png":::

1. In the **Clone a repository** window, enter the remote repo location and the folder path for the cloned repo. If you don't know the remote repo location, select **Azure DevOps** from **Browse a repository** options.

   :::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/specify-repo.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'Clone Repository' window in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/specify-repo-lrg.png":::

1. Select **Clone**. After you’ve cloned a Git repository, Visual Studio detects the repository and adds it to your list of Local Repositories in the Git menu.

   :::image type="content" source="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/local-repositories.png" border="true" alt-text="Screenshot of the 'Local Repositories' option in the Git menu in Visual Studio." lightbox="../media/gitquickstart/visual-studio-2019/git-experience/local-repositories-lrg.png":::