title: How to clone an existing web application from pythonanywhere to github/local
body: <p>I would like to create a clone/copy of an existing web application on pythonanywhere. I have access to the pythonanywhere account.  The application is active and is not mine - a friend is allowing me to make a copy so that I can learn how web applications work. Thus, it is important that I can make a copy <b>without messing up or updating anything in the current web application.</b> </p>
  
  <p>All of the tutorials I am finding are about deploying an application via git to github to pythonanywhere (which I have done before) but never the other way around. </p>
  
  <p>I created an empty github repository and thought about going to the python bash console and adding it as a remote server, then pushing the code to github. But, I don't know if this makes a new connection that will mess up the application. I want to just download the application once and be done. </p>
  
  <p>I would really appreciate step-by-step instructions on how to download a copy of the web application to my local server and/or github. If you provide code, please assume I know nothing and tell me where I should run it (command prompt, pythonanywhere bash console, etc).</p>