You have an account on GitHub and want use Orion to contribute to a GitHub repository?

Cloning a Git repository hosted on GitHub

Obtain a repository URI. Go to GitHub repository home page and copy the repository URI, typically SSH and HTTP give read and write access and Git protocol gives you read-only access.
If you are using a secure connection you might be required to configure your public key. On GitHub go to Account Settings -> SSH Public Keys and choose Add another public key
Copy contents of your public key file in the Key field. Typically you can find your public/private keys in .ssh directory in your home directory on your file system
Confirm adding public key by selecting Add key button
Login to Orion and go to Repositories link
Choose Clone button and copy the your Git repository URI into the Repository URL input
If you are using secure protocol input your credentials
Ssh username - username (optional if you are authenticating via private key)
Ssh password - password (optional if you are authenticating via private key)
Private key - private key (optional if you are authenticating via user/password) to match the public key uploaded on GitHub. Typically you can find your public/private keys in .ssh directory in your home directory on your file system, please copy the contents of the private key file with any whitespace it contains
Passphrase - passphrase if required by your private key
Confirm credentials and wait until your repository is cloned

For more information about Orion git client go to Orion/How Tos/Working with git

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