How to Get Started with Git and GitHub

An Intro to Git and GitHub for Beginners (Tutorial)

1. Step 0: Install git and create a GitHub account. ...
2. Step 1: Create a local git repository. ...
3. Step 2: Add a new file to the repo. ...
4. Step 3: Add a file to the staging environment. ...
5. Step 4: Create a commit. ...
6. Step 5: Create a new branch. ...
7. Step 6: Create a new repository on GitHub. ...
8. Step 7: Push a branch to GitHub.

1. How do I use git with GitHub?
2. What is Git and GitHub for beginners?
3. How can GitHub contribute to a beginner?
4. Do I need to install git to use GitHub?
5. How do I setup a git repository?
6. How do I install Git?
7. Is GitHub hard to learn?
8. How do I start Git?
9. What is Git Basics?
10. How do I join a GitHub repository?
11. How do I find projects to contribute to GitHub?
12. How do GitHub projects work?

How do I use git with GitHub?

1. Create a new repository on GitHub. ...
2. Open TerminalTerminalGit Bash.
3. Change the current working directory to your local project.
4. Initialize the local directory as a Git repository. ...
5. Add the files in your new local repository. ...
6. Commit the files that you've staged in your local repository.

What is Git and GitHub for beginners?

Git is a free and open distributed version control system, a tool to manage your source code history. GitHub is a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration. It lets you and others work together on projects from anywhere. In short, Git is the tool, and GitHub is the service for projects that use Git.

How can GitHub contribute to a beginner?

The fundamentals are:

1. Fork the project & clone locally.
2. Create an upstream remote and sync your local copy before you branch.
3. Branch for each separate piece of work.
4. Do the work, write good commit messages, and read the CONTRIBUTING file if there is one.
5. Push to your origin repository.
6. Create a new PR in GitHub.

Do I need to install git to use GitHub?

But if you want to work on your project on your local computer, you need to have Git installed. In fact, GitHub won't work on your local computer if you don't install Git. Install Git for Windows, Mac or Linux as needed.

How do I setup a git repository?

Start a new git repository

1. Create a directory to contain the project.
2. Go into the new directory.
3. Type git init .
4. Write some code.
5. Type git add to add the files (see the typical use page).
6. Type git commit .

How do I install Git?

Steps For Installing Git for Windows

1. Download Git for Windows. ...
2. Extract and Launch Git Installer. ...
3. Server Certificates, Line Endings and Terminal Emulators. ...
4. Additional Customization Options. ...
5. Complete Git Installation Process. ...
6. Launch Git Bash Shell. ...
7. Launch Git GUI. ...
8. Create a Test Directory.

Is GitHub hard to learn?

It's not that it is too hard.. I think that people have too many per-conceived notions on what they need to do on Github. Realistically, there are about 5 commands people need to know to make their first commit, if you want to make it easier, then there are several gui apps you can download and use to get going.

How do I start Git?

An Intro to Git and GitHub for Beginners (Tutorial)

1. Step 0: Install git and create a GitHub account. ...
2. Step 1: Create a local git repository. ...
3. Step 2: Add a new file to the repo. ...
4. Step 3: Add a file to the staging environment. ...
5. Step 4: Create a commit. ...
6. Step 5: Create a new branch. ...
7. Step 6: Create a new repository on GitHub. ...
8. Step 7: Push a branch to GitHub.

What is Git Basics?

Git basics

Git is a free and open source version control system, originally created by Linus Torvalds in 2005. Unlike older centralized version control systems such as SVN and CVS, Git is distributed: every developer has the full history of their code repository locally.

How do I join a GitHub repository?

On GitHub, click the settings button on the right, select Manage access, click Invite a collaborator, and then enter your partner's username. To accept access to the Owner's repo, the Collaborator needs to go to https://github.com/notifications. Once there she can accept access to the Owner's repo.

How do I find projects to contribute to GitHub?

If you already know what project you want to work on, you can find beginner-friendly issues in that repository by visiting github.com/<owner>/<repository>/contribute . For an example, you can find ways to make your first contribution to electron/electron at https://github.com/electron/electron/contribute.

How do GitHub projects work?

Step-by-step guide to contributing on GitHub

1. Why contribute to open source? ...
2. Getting started. ...
3. Step 1: Sign into GitHub. ...
4. Step 2: Fork the project repository. ...
5. Step 3: Clone your fork. ...
6. Step 4: Navigate to your local repository. ...
7. Step 5: Check that your fork is the "origin" remote. ...
8. Step 6: Add the project repository as the "upstream" remote.