This topic describes how to browse files by using Cloud Shell.
Open a repository in Cloud Shell for the first time
In the Google Cloud console, open Cloud Source Repositories.
Click the name of a repository.
A page opens, displaying the contents of the repository.
Click Edit code.
A new browser tab opens, containing the Cloud Shell environment. You're also prompted to confirm whether you want to clone the repository into your Cloud Shell.
Click Proceed.
A Cloud Shell environment opens, containing a clone of your repository. By default, the location of the repository is
~/[repository name]
. For example,~/hello-world
.
Open an existing repository with Cloud Shell
If you have already cloned a repository into a Cloud Shell environment, follow the steps in the preceding section. When the Cloud Shell environment is ready, you're prompted to select from one of the following options:
- Navigate into that directory. To automatically change directories to the one
containing your repository, choose this option. For example,
~/hello-world
. - Navigate into that directory and run
git pull
. To automatically change directories to the one containing your repository and pull the latest version of the repository to the Cloud Shell environment, choose this option. - Clone a new copy by using the
git clone
command. To create a new folder containing the repository in the Cloud Shell environment, choose this option. The new folder has the same name as the repository, with a number appended to it. For example, a second copy of the repository,hello-world
, has the name~/hello-world-2
.