Quick Overview
- Read “The Most Official and Complete Introduction on GitHub – Ever Written”
- Read “What 80% of People Do On GitHub”
- Download and Configure GitExentions in 5 Clicks
- Read “Use GitHub Like 80% of People”
The Most Official and Complete Introduction on GitHub – Ever Written
GitHub – A website to store and share code
- Repository – Where code is stored. Either, on GitHub or local machine – they are like folders.
- Clone – Transfer a repository, typically on GitHub, to your local machine – better than FTP
- Commit – Confirm code changes to a local repository – the ultimate CTRL + S
- Push – Upload your committed code changes to GitHub – again, arguably better than FTP
- Fork – Make a copy of someone else’s GitHub repository – stored under your GitHub account
- Pull Request – Make code changes to a forked repository then request the code changes be pulled into the original repository!
- Pull – Download the latest code changes to the original repository to your local machine
What 80% of People Do On GitHub
- Fork a repository
- Clone the forked repository to local machine
- Make code changes
- Add code
- Commit the code changes, locally
- Push local code changes to GitHub
- Submit Pull Request to have code changes, on GitHub, added to the original repository
- Rinse
- Repeat
Download and Configure GitExtensions in 5 Clicks
- Download and Install GitExentions (includes w/ MsysGit and Kdiff)
- Repair your “username” and “email address”
Use GitHub Like 80% of People
- Fork a repository
- Configure GitExtensions for cloning
- Enter GitHub username, password and API key
- Clone a repository
Note: GitExtensions automatically suggests a Remote name. Use this remote name to pull (download) the latest code changes from the original repository
- Commit code changes
- Push (upload) changes to GitHub
- Submit a Pull Request
