First go to relevant folder from the terminal. cd 'project path' To clone existing git project, git clone 'project git clone link given by git' When you finish setting up new project, you need to download 3 rd party directories to your project. To do that first go to relevant project folder in terminal and type following command. php composer.phar update After setting up the new project, you need to setup the database also. To do that you have to execute the sql as well. You can do your changes in a separate branch and merge it into main branch To create a new branch git checkout -b "developer_develop" You can do your developing and push it to your branch. git status It will display all files in the project that you have edited. You can set the file paths that you want to push. You can put more than one file at a time. To do that use a keyboard space between two files. git add application/modules/property/models/propert