# Problems with git clone 

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-git-clone/204499
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [September 26, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-git-clone/204499 "2021-09-26T20:37:30Z")
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### Author: ![Steven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven/32/187890_2.png) [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-git-clone/204499/2 "2021-09-26T22:04:17Z")

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It doesn’t look like a discourse plugin, you should have at least a plugin.rb file to register the assets like the css and icons.

It may be way easier to create a theme component given the content of the files

But here is a guide on how to create a discourse plugin:

> [@Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-creating-discourse-plugins-part-1-creating-a-basic-plugin/30515):
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> Building a plugin in Discourse can be really simple, once you learn a couple of quirks. The goal of this post is to create a skeleton plugin and introduce you to the basics. Your development environment Make sure you have a development environment of Discourse running on your computer. I recommend you use [the appropriate setup guide](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/dev-install) and come back when you’re done. plugin.rbtada Use [GitHub - discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton: Template for Discourse plugins · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-skeleton) to create a complete di…

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