How to do it...

  1. John goes about setting up his Visual Studio environment, including getting connected to GitHub, by clicking on Team in the menu and clicking on Manage Connections....
  1. He logs in to GitHub with his e-mail address and password.
Take note that if you have just signed up to GitHub, you will need to click on the verification e-mail sent to the e-mail address you specified when signing up. Without verifying your e-mail address, you will not be able to log in from Visual Studio.
  1. After connecting, John sees his GitHub details loaded:
  1. He now wants to work on the GitHubDemo application and finds it on GitHub by searching for it by name:
  1. He now copies the URL from the Clone with HTTPS textbox from the Clone or download button: ...

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