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title: "Checking out a local copy of your code"
date: "2024-02-14T06:18:38+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to clone your Cloud Platform application's code repository locally. Get step-by-step instructions for accessing and copying your project's codebase, enabling seamless development and collaboration."
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To begin developing your Cloud Platform application, make a local copy of the application code by checking it out from its Cloud Platform code repository. Start in the location on your local computer where you want to create your repository.

To clone the entire repository to your local directory, use the following command:

    git clone [code_repository]

where `[code_repository]` is the URL of the Cloud Platform code repository.

Note

Currently, Acquia only supports the SSH protocol for interacting with Git repositories.

You can obtain the repository URL from either the [Environments](/acquia-cloud-platform/working-environments "Working with environments") page, or by using the following method to obtain the information from the **Git** information panel:

1.  [Sign in to the Cloud Platform user interface](/node/55875), and select your application.
2.  Click **Actions** > **View Git Information**.
    
    ![cloud-platform_viewing-git-information.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/80350ab2-6b6d-4fe9-a3ae-b9407f229381/web/cloud-platform_viewing-git-information.png)
    
    In the **Git Information** panel, the repository URL is the value in the **URL** field.
    
3.  Click the **Copy** icon to copy the URL to your clipboard.
    
    ![cloud-platform_copying-git-repository-url.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/9a9bbf5a-997f-4787-8d9f-759b37f0a31f/web/cloud-platform_copying-git-repository-url.png?h=480&itok=U1r2ofSV)
    

After you check out a copy of your code, you can make changes in the local code repository and then [commit your code changes back to the remote code repository](/acquia-cloud-platform/develop-apps/repository/github/update) on Cloud Platform.