how to pull from an existing git repository

how to start from scratch by pulling branches from an existing git repository

mkdir /path/to/your/project 

cd /path/to/your/project 

git init 

git remote add origin ssh://git@bitbucket.org/username/bbreponame.git

Then check out as local branches

git checkout -b LocalName origin/remotebranchname 

changing git remote url

Go the project folder for example:

cd /home/vickrant/project1

then edit the git config file like:

sudo vim .git/config

In this file you can change the url to whatever repository you like to change it to. Save and close the file. Now you can do git pull from the new URL.

[core]
        repositoryformatversion = 0
        filemode = true
        bare = false
        logallrefupdates = true
[remote "origin"]
        url = https://vickrantearnest@bitbucket.org/project1.git
        fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
[branch "develop"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/develop
[branch "master"]
        remote = origin
        merge = refs/heads/master