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從 Git repository 下載 repo 的方法

Option A: git clone (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git
cd your-repo

This gives you history, branches, remote, everything ready to go.

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Option B: Download zip file from repository

1. Unzip the folder (e.g. image2video-main)
2. Initialize Git + set remote origin

cd image2video-main
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/your-username/your-repo.git

3. Fetch the original repo's history

git fetch origin

4. Create a branch from the real origin history

git checkout -b mac-paul origin/main

5. Now your branch is correctly linked, and you can:

# Add and commit your changes
git add .
git commit -m "Your changes"

# Push to GitHub
git push origin mac-paul

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Action	What Happens	Fix
Cloned → ✅	All Git history and remote info preserved	Just create a new branch
Downloaded ZIP → ⚠️	No history or remote	You must reattach it to the repo using git remote add origin and git fetch