# Create a lifecycle configuration to clone repositories into a Code Editor application
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This section shows how to clone a repository and create a Code Editor application with the lifecycle configuration attached.

1. From your local machine, create a file named `my-script.sh` with the following content:

   ```
   #!/bin/bash
   set -eux
   ```

1. Clone the repository of your choice in your lifecycle configuration script. 

   ```
   export REPOSITORY_URL="https://github.com/aws-samples/sagemaker-studio-lifecycle-config-examples.git"
   git -C /home/sagemaker-user clone $REPOSITORY_URL
   ```

1. After finalizing your script, create and attach your lifecycle configuration. For more information, see [Create and attach lifecycle configurations in Studio](code-editor-use-lifecycle-configurations-studio-create.md).

1. Create your Code Editor application with the lifecycle configuration attached.

   ```
   aws sagemaker create-app \
   --domain-id domain-id \
   --space-name space-name \
   --app-type CodeEditor \
   --app-name default \
   --resource-spec "SageMakerImageArn=arn:aws:sagemaker:region:image-account-id:image/sagemaker-distribution-cpu,LifecycleConfigArn=arn:aws:sagemaker:region:user-account-id:studio-lifecycle-config/my-code-editor-lcc,InstanceType=ml.t3.large"
   ```

   For more information about available Code Editor image ARNs, see [Code Editor application instances and images](code-editor-use-instances.md).