Fastest way to download a GitHub project

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I need to download the source code of the project Spring data graph example into my box  It has public read-only access  Is there is an extremely fast way of downloading this code   I have no idea of working on GitHub committing code and most tutorials out there on the web seems to assume that  I would want to setup a project in GitHub  and inundate me with 15-20 step processes  To me  if a source repository is available for the public  it should take less than 10 seconds to have that code in my filesystem   Tutorials that provide me with 15-20 step processes    Setting up development environment on Ubuntu Win Setup on GIT   I need something very very very simple  Just pull the source code  and I am more interested in seeing the source code and not learn GitHub   Are there any fast pointers tutorials   I have a GitHub account

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You say      To me if a source repository is available for public it should take less than 10 seconds to have that code in my filesystem    And of course  if you want to use Git  which GitHub is all about   then what you do to get the code onto your system is called  cloning the repository    It s a single Git invocation on the command line  and it will give you the code just as seen when you browse the repository on the web  when getting a ZIP archive  you will need to unpack it and so on  it s not always directly browsable   For the repository you mention  you would do     git clone git   github com SpringSource spring-data-graph-examples git   The git -type URL is the one from the page you linked to  On my system just now  running the above command took 3 2 seconds  Of course  unlike ZIP  the time to clone a repository will increase when the repository s history grows  There are options for that  but let s keep this simple   I m just saying  You sound very frustrated when a large part of the problem is your reluctance to actually use Git

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I agree with the current answers  I just wanna add little more information  Here s a good functionality   if you want to require just zip file but the owner has not prepared a zip file   To simply download a repository as a zip file  add the extra path  zipball master  to the end of the repository URL  This will give you a full ZIP file  For example  here is your repository     https   github com spring-projects spring-data-graph-examples   Add zipball master  in your repository link     https   github com spring-projects spring-data-graph-examples zipball master    Paste the URL into your browser and it will give you a zip file to download

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Downloading with Git using Windows CMD from a GitHub project       Copy the HTTPS clone URL shown in picture 1 Open CMD git clone   paste the URL show in picture 2

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Updated July 2016  As of July 2016  the Download ZIP button has moved under  Clone or download  to extreme-right of header under the Code tab       If you don t see the button     Make sure you ve selected  lt   Code tab from right side navigation menu  or Repo may not have a zip prepared  Add  archive master zip to the end of the repository URL and to generate a zipfile of the master branch   http   github com user repository    -to-  http   github com user repository archive master zip   to get the master branch source code in a zip file  You can do the same with tags and branch names  by replacing master in the URL above with the name of the branch or tag

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When you are on a project page  you can press the  Download ZIP  button which is located under the  Clone or Download  drop down      This allows you to download the most recent version of the code as a zip archive   If you aren t seeing that button  it is likely because you aren t on the main project page  To get there  click on the left-most tab labeled   lt   Code

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Use  git clone https   github com  lt path gt  repository or git clone https   github com  lt path gt   lt master gt  git   examples  git clone https   github com spring-projects spring-data-graph-examples git clone https   github com spring-projects spring-data-graph-examples git

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Another faster way of downloading a GitHub project would be to use the clone functionality with the --depth argument as   git clone --depth 1 git github com organization your-repo git   to perform a shallow clone

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There is a new  sometime pre April 2013  option on the site that says  Clone in Windows    This works very nicely if you already have the Windows GitHub Client as mentioned by  Tommy in his answer on this related question  How to download source in ZIP format from GitHub

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