a. What is an issue?
A communication tool on decisions, ideas and problem for a specific project which is located on Github
b. What is a pull request?
Pull request is a way to merge changes with the original repository.
c. How do I open up a pull request?
Within repo in GitHub, under Pull requests
d. Give me a step by step guide on how to add someone to your repository.
- Ask for their username
- click settings on main page of the repository
- under Access, click Collaborators
- Click Add people
- type the username and click add name to repository
- collaborator will receive an email invitation to access
e. What is the difference between git and GitHub?
Git is a version control system that tracks changes, decisions and progresses. GitHub is web-based Git repositories that allows developers to share codes with others.
f. What does git diff do?
Compares what is in our working directory to what is in staging area.
g. What is the main branch?
The main branch is the original thread, a defualt branch
h. Besides our initial commit if it is a new repository, should we directly push our changes directly into the main branch?
To ensure that you are working with the up to date info, it is best to pull before pushing the changes. Other than that, changes can be pushed directly into the main branch