The Linux terminal and version control

Otto is completely open source. All its designs, code, libraries and material live on a Github page. Github is a a web-based hosting service for version control using that uses Git.

Because the Otto robot development is constant and run by a vibrant community, it makes no sense to host these files on the server of this course. This is why we are now going to clone the Otto folder locally.

The clone button provids the url to use with git:

We will now open a Terminal application and git clone it!

git clone https://github.com/OttoDIY/DIY.git