Effective June 17, 2024, Cloud Source Repositories isn't available to new customers. If your organization hasn't previously used Cloud Source Repositories, you can't enable the API or use Cloud Source Repositories. New projects not connected to an organization can't enable the Cloud Source Repositories API. Organizations that have used Cloud Source Repositories prior to June 17, 2024 are not affected by this change.
The first time you connect to Cloud Source Repositories by using SSH,
you're asked to confirm the SSH key fingerprints for the remote host. The
hostname for the repository service is source.developers.google.com. The
fingerprints are:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Cloning a repository\n\nThis topic describes how to clone the contents of a repository from\nCloud Source Repositories to your local machine.\n\nBefore you begin\n----------------\n\nThe following is required to clone the contents of a repository:\n\n- You must have\n [authentication on your local system](/source-repositories/docs/authentication).\n\n The steps to clone a repository vary depending on your authentication type\n (SSH, Google Cloud CLI, or manually generated credentials).\n- You must have\n [a repository in Cloud Source Repositories](/source-repositories/docs/creating-an-empty-repository).\n\n- You must have\n [permissions to interact with the repository](/source-repositories/docs/configure-access-control).\n\n- The repository to be cloned cannot have a restricted name such as `All-Users`\n or `All-Projects`.\n\nClone using SSH\n---------------\n\nIf you're not using manually generated credentials or the gcloud CLI,\nyou can clone a repository by using SSH. \n\n### Console\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, open Cloud Source Repositories.\n\n [Open Cloud Source Repositories](https://source.cloud.google.com/repos)\n2. Hold your pointer over the repository you want to clone.\n\n3. Click **Clone** add_box.\n\n A dialog with authentication options opens.\n4. Click the **SSH authentication** tab and follow the\n instructions to clone your repository.\n\n### gcloud\n\n1. Ensure that you're\n [authenticated with SSH](/source-repositories/docs/authentication#ssh)\n on your local machine.\n\n2. On your local system, use your Google Cloud username\n and the fully qualified SSH path to your repository to clone your\n repository:\n\n git clone ssh://[EMAIL]@source.developers.google.com:2022/p/[PROJECT_ID]/r/[REPO_NAME]\n\n Where:\n - `[EMAIL]` is your Google Cloud username.\n - `[PROJECT_ID]` is the ID of the Google Cloud project where the repository is located.\n - `[REPO_NAME]` is the name of the repository.\n\n For example: \n\n git clone ssh://user@gmail.com@source.developers.google.com:2022/p/example-project/r/test-repo\n\nThe first time you connect to Cloud Source Repositories by using SSH,\nyou're asked to confirm the SSH key fingerprints for the remote host. The\nhostname for the repository service is `source.developers.google.com`. The\nfingerprints are: \n\n none\n SHA256:AGvEpqYNMqsRNIviwyk4J4HM0lEylomDBKOWZsBn434\n MD5:74:84:6c:08:d5:b5:54:68:19:da:2a:8e:4c:5b:d3:0d\n\nClone using the gcloud CLI\n--------------------------\n\nIf you're not using SSH or manually generated credentials, you can clone a\nrepository by using the gcloud CLI. \n\n### Console\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, open Cloud Source Repositories.\n\n [Open Cloud Source Repositories](https://source.cloud.google.com/repos)\n2. Hold your pointer over the repository you want to clone.\n\n3. Click **Clone** add_box.\n\n A dialog with authentication options opens.\n4. Click the **Google Cloud SDK** tab and follow the instructions to\n clone your repository.\n\n### gcloud\n\n1. Ensure that\n [the gcloud CLI is installed](/source-repositories/docs/authentication#authenticate-using-the-cloud-sdk)\n on your local system.\n\n2. In a terminal window, provide your authentication credentials:\n\n gcloud init\n\n3. Clone your repository:\n\n gcloud source repos clone [REPO_NAME] --project=[PROJECT_NAME]\n\n Where:\n - `[REPO_NAME]` is the name of your repository.\n - `[PROJECT_NAME]` is the name of your Google Cloud project.\n\n For example: \n\n gcloud source repos clone test-repo --project=example-project\n\nClone using manually generated credentials\n------------------------------------------\n\nIf you're not using SSH or the gcloud CLI, you can clone a repository\nby using manually generated credentials. \n\n### Console\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, open Cloud Source Repositories.\n\n [Open Cloud Source Repositories](https://source.cloud.google.com/repos)\n2. Hold your pointer over the repository you want to clone.\n\n3. Click **Clone** add_box.\n\n A dialog with authentication options opens.\n4. Click the **Manually generated credentials** tab and follow the\n instructions to clone your repository.\n\n### gcloud\n\n1. Ensure that you have\n [generated and stored your Git credentials](/source-repositories/docs/authentication#manually-generated-credentials).\n\n2. In a terminal window, enter the following command:\n\n git clone https://source.developers.google.com/p/[PROJECT_NAME]/r/[REPO_NAME]\n\n Where:\n - `[PROJECT_NAME]` is the name of your project.\n - `[REPO_NAME]` is the name of your repository."]]
