Clone a Git Repository in SageMaker Studio Classic - Amazon SageMaker

Clone a Git Repository in SageMaker Studio Classic

Important

As of November 30, 2023, the previous Amazon SageMaker Studio experience is now named Amazon SageMaker Studio Classic. The following section is specific to using the Studio Classic application. For information about using the updated Studio experience, see Amazon SageMaker Studio.

Amazon SageMaker Studio Classic can only connect only to a local Git repository (repo). This means that you must clone the Git repo from within Studio Classic to access the files in the repo. Studio Classic offers a Git extension for you to enter the URL of a Git repo, clone it into your environment, push changes, and view commit history. If the repo is private and requires credentials to access, then you are prompted to enter your user credentials. This includes your username and personal access token. For more information about personal access tokens, see Managing your personal access tokens.

Admins can also attach suggested Git repository URLs at the Amazon SageMaker domain or user profile level. Users can then select the repo URL from the list of suggestions and clone that into Studio Classic. For more information about attaching suggested repos, see Attach Suggested Git Repos to Studio Classic.

The following procedure shows how to clone a GitHub repo from Studio Classic.

To clone the repo

  1. In the left sidebar, choose the Git icon ( ).

  2. Choose Clone a Repository. This opens a new window.

  3. In the Clone Git Repository window, enter the URL in the following format for the Git repo that you want to clone or select a repository from the list of Suggested repositories.

    https://github.com/path-to-git-repo/repo.git

  4. If you entered the URL of the Git repo manually, select Clone "git-url" from the dropdown menu.

  5. Under Project directory to clone into, enter the path to the local directory that you want to clone the Git repo into. If this value is left empty, Studio Classic clones the repo into JupyterLab's root directory.

  6. Choose Clone. This opens a new terminal window.

  7. If the repo requires credentials, you are prompted to enter your username and personal access token. This prompt does not accept passwords, you must use a personal access token. For more information about personal access tokens, see Managing your personal access tokens.

  8. Wait for the download to finish. After the repo has been cloned, the File Browser opens to display the cloned repo.

  9. Double click the repo to open it.

  10. Choose the Git icon to view the Git user interface which now tracks the repo.

  11. To track a different repo, open the repo in the file browser and then choose the Git icon.