GitHubWorkshop

What are the most important tasks?

Getting Started

1. Download git for your os
2. create a repository with git init
3. check out an existing repository with git clone [path]

Working with Git

Your local repository consists of three "trees" maintained by git. The first one is your Working Directory which holds the actual files The second one is the Index which acts as a staging area The third one is the HEAD which points to the last commit you've made

To get changes from your local repository up on the Github platform you need to do these three steps:

1. Propose changes to the INDEX by using git add [filename]
2. To get it from the INDEX to the HEAD you need to commit these changes by using git commit -m"insert your message here"
3. finally, to get it pushed to the live Github platform, use git push (gets to the master branch)

Further concepts:

Branching

Branches are used to develop features isolated from each other. The master branch is the "default" branch when you create a repository. Use other branches for development and merge them back to the master branch upon completion.