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diff --git a/doc/gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md b/doc/gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md index 22b10c32434..7f3e90dc6bd 100644 --- a/doc/gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md +++ b/doc/gitlab-basics/start-using-git.md @@ -167,14 +167,13 @@ original repository if you'd like. ### Download vs clone -To create a copy of a remote repository files on your computer, you can either -**download** or **clone** it. If you download it, you cannot sync it with the +To create a copy of a remote repository's files on your computer, you can either +**download** or **clone**. If you download, you cannot sync it with the remote repository on GitLab. -On the other hand, by cloning a repository, you'll download a copy of its -files to your local computer, but preserve the Git connection with the remote -repository, so that you can work on the its files on your computer and then -upload the changes to GitLab. +Cloning a repository is the same as downloading, except it preserves the Git connection +with the remote repository. This allows you to modify the files locally and +upload the changes to the remote repository on GitLab. ### Pull and push |