# How to make Node-RED use a manually cloned github project as active project?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-node-red-use-a-manually-cloned-github-project-as-active-project/19346>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [19 December 2019 13:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-node-red-use-a-manually-cloned-github-project-as-active-project/19346 "2019-12-19T13:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![janvda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/janvda/32/234_2.png) [@janvda](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/janvda)\
**Post date:** [19 December 2019 13:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-node-red-use-a-manually-cloned-github-project-as-active-project/19346/1 "2019-12-19T13:10:24Z")

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I have created a Node-RED project using the Node-RED project feature which I also pushed to github.

Now, I want to use this project on another device where Node-RED is installed **without using the Node-RED editor** to clone this project.

So I would like to manually clone my github Node-RED project on the other machine and tell Node-RED to use this project as the "active" project.

It is important that Node-RED on the other machine considers this as an active Node-RED project so that I can commit further changes using the project functionality in the Node-RED editor.

It should also be possible to push the changes to my github repository.  
For pushing to the github repository I understand that I need to setup the github remote again in the Node-RED editor.

Is this possible and if so how ?

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**Author:** ![beasteers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/beasteers/32/82663_2.png) [@beasteers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/beasteers)\
**Post date:** [7 September 2023 23:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-make-node-red-use-a-manually-cloned-github-project-as-active-project/19346/2 "2023-09-07T23:15:52Z")

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Did you ever find out the answer to this?