GIT

Practice using git + GitHub

This project consists of four separate min projects consisting:

• Learning Git

• Creating a repository.

• Configuration of Git.

• Git commands

Learning Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Creating a repository.

• I learned git from scratch with this website learn git
• Go to GitHub.
• Sign in to GitHub.
• On the right side of the page, click on the green New repository button.
• Give your repository any name you like and make sure that the repository is public.
• Also make sure that the Initialize this repository with a README is NOT checked.

Configuration of GitHub

If you are on any linux distro you can use the package management tool that comes with your distribution to install it.

• Setting up your username and email

─$ git config --global user.name "your username"
─$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

• Change the default branch for Git using this command

─$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main

• To enable colorful output with git

─$ To enable colorful output with git, type

• To verify that things are working properly, enter these commands and verify whether the output matches your name and email address.

─$ git config --get user.name
─$ git config --get user.email

Git Commands

• repo -> repository

• clone -> bring a repo down from the internet (remote repository like Github) to your local machine

• add -> track your files and changes with Git

• commit -> save your changes into Git

• push -> push your changes to your remote repo on Github (or another website)

• pull -> pull changes down from the remote repo to your local machine

• status -> check to see which files are being tracked or need to be commited

• init -> use this command inside of your project to turn it into a Git repository and start using Git with that codebase