Getting started with Git & GitHub

Git & GitHub: An overview

• Git: In a nutshell.
• GitHub: Home to most OSS.
• Alternatives to Git.
• Alternatives to GitHub.

Getting Started with Git

Installing git

Linux

Debian/Ubuntu

apt-get install git

Fedora

yum install git

Arch Linux

pacman -S git

Windows

Install using the Windows Installer or using winget

 winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget

MacOS

using homebrew

brew install git

Configuring git

git config --global user.name [name]

git config --global user.email [email]

Few Commands in git

• command: git init

git init

• command: git add

git add [filename|dirname]

git add *.js

git add .

• command: git status

git status

• command: git commit
  • Writing good commit messages.

git commit -m [commit_message]

• command: git log

git log

• command: git remote

git remote add [remote_name] [remote_url]

git remote remove [remote_name]

git remote -v

• command: git clone

git clone [url]

• command: git branch

git branch <branch_name>

• command: git checkout

git checkout [branch_name|id|HEAD]

• command: git push

git push [remote] [branch]

• command: git pull

git pull <remote> <branch>

• other commands: git diff, git stash, git restore, git fetch, git rm, git rebase, git blame, git tag

GitHub: A quick view

• Creating an account
• Creating a repo
• Pushing changes to the repo
• Pull Requests
• Code Reviews
• Issues