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#Github for Poets

Jargon alert:

  • commit
  • branch
  • repo
  • fork
  • pull request
  • push
  • markdown

Github is a web-based hosting service for softwaree development projects that use the Git revision control system.

  • Allows you to "push" and "pull" local repositiories to and from remote repositories.
  • Homepage that displays your public repos
  • Repos are backed up on GitHub server in case something happens to local copies
  • Social, learn from others code.

Install Git

Git == Version Control

  • free and open source
  • created by the same people who developed Linux
  • Repositories are key
  • operated from the command line.

Download & Install Git: http://git-scm.com/downloads

(go with default options unless you know what you're doing)

Configure Username and Email

git config --global user.name "Your Name Here"
git config --global user.email "your_email@example.com"
git config --list

You only have to do this once, but you can change these down the road with the same commands

Setup a GitHub Account

  1. https://github.com
  2. Enter username, email, and pw and click "Sign up for Github"
  3. Use same email address you used when setting up Git.
  4. Free Plan

Recap: Git vs. Github

  • You don't need Github to use Git
  • Git = Local (on your computer); Github = Remote (on the web)

Creating a GitHub Repo

Two methods:

  1. Start a repositroy from scratch
  2. "Fork" another user's repo

##Command Line

git init
git status
git add .
git remote add origin git@github.com:your_account/your_repo.git
git push -u origin master

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