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Yaniv Carmel edited this page Apr 3, 2022 · 21 revisions

In this section, you'll install git, a software for version control (managing changes in software code). Then, you'll create a repository in GitHub, a git-based platform to store your project.

  1. Download & install git.
  1. Create a github.com user.
  2. When collaborating, one member of the pair should create a new repository, or fork a given repository (if you were given one).
  3. That person should invite their partner to collaborate, by going to the repository's settings -> collaborators -> add people.
  4. Optional but highly recommended - as a student, you are entitled to GitHub pro. Go to your user's settings, upload the required documents and get it :)

Let's make our first contribution to the project. For now, we'll work directly from the GitHub website. We'll add a .gitignore file. This file allows us to specify what files within our project directory should be ignored (not uploaded to GitHub).

  1. Download and upload it to your repository (you can simply drag-and-drop it).

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