Download Your Application’s Sources

Before you can build and deploy a visual application, download and save the application’s sources on your local system.

You can get your visual application’s sources by downloading a .zip of your visual application’s sources, cloning the Git repository containing the sources, or exporting the visual application’s sources as an archive.

To download a .zip of your visual application’s sources:
1. In the VB Studio left navigator, click Git .
2. On the Git page, select the Git repository that contains your application’s sources, then from the Clone drop-down list, click Download zip.
  
  You’ll notice a .zip file saved to your local system in the location specified for your browser’s downloads.
To clone the Git repository that contains your visual application’s sources:
1. In the VB Studio left navigator, click Git .
2. On the Git page, select the Git repository you want to clone, then from the Clone drop-down list, click Copy to clipboard to copy the HTTPS or the SSH URL.
3. Open the Git client (say, the Git CLI).
4. Navigate to the directory where you want to clone the remote Git repository.
5. Using the Git client, clone the project’s Git repository.
  
  For example, if you’re using the Git CLI, use the git clone *`repository-url`* command. Use the Git repository’s URL that you copied previously.
  
  Here’s an example that uses HTTPS:
  
  git clone https://mary.jane@vbstudio-instance.example.com/vbstudio-vboci/s/learning_demo_28288/scm/learning_demo.git
  
  Here’s an example that uses SSH:
  
  git clone ssh://usoracle22222.mary.jane@vbstudio-instance.example.com/vbstudio-vboci/learning_demo_28288/learning_demo.git
6. Open the directory to access files.
  
  You’ll notice a .git subdirectory in the repository directory. Don’t add, delete, or modify the files of the .git subdirectory.
To export your visual application’s sources as an archive:
1. In the VB Studio left navigator, click Workspaces .
2. On the Workspaces page, select Export from the Actions menu for the workspace that contains the visual application you want to export.
3. In the Export Visual Application dialog, select the Include business objects data check box to include business object data in the archive that VB Studio creates.
4. Click Export.
  
  You’ll notice a .zip file saved to your local system in the location specified for your browser’s downloads.