Cloning a repository

[adil88]

I need to clone a repository. The command is "git clone https://github.com/androportal/linux-sunxi.git". If I do it this way it takes a long time to install/download. Now I opened this link and I got a zip file of the same "linux-sunxi". How do I install this zip file. I mean what is difference between cloning and a zip file?

[oldos2er]

Closed, duplicate thread. Please don't open more than one thread per question.