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{% mac %}

1. In the menu bar, select the {% data variables.product.prodname_desktop %} menu, then click Install Command Line Tool.
2. Open Terminal.
3. {% data reusables.desktop.launch-desktop-from-command-line %}

$ github <em>/path/to/repo</em>

You can also change to your repository path and then type github . to open that repository.

$ cd <em>/path/to/repo</em>
[repo]$ github .

{% endmac %}

{% windows %}

1. Open a command prompt.
2. {% data reusables.desktop.launch-desktop-from-command-line %}

C:\Users\octocat> github <em>path\to\repo</em>

You can also change to your repository path and then type github . to open that repository.

C:\Users\octocat> cd <em>repo\myrepo</em>
C:\Users\octocat\repo\myrepo> github .

{% endwindows %}