a local copy of your repository and interact with it using the Git commands you are familiar with.  
The [`Repository`] class allows you to interact with files and repositories on the Hub with functions similar to Git commands. It is a wrapper over Git and Git-LFS methods to use the Git commands you already know and love. Before starting, please make sure you have Git-LFS installed (see [here](https://git-lfs.github.com/) for installation instructions).  
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