video Git and GitHub for beginners

Question 1

clone

Answer 1

bring a repository that is hosted somewhere like GitHub into a folder on your local machine

Question 2

track your files and changes in Git: command

Answer 2

add

Question 3

push

Answer 3

upload Git commits to a remote repo, like Github

Question 4

pull

Answer 4

download changes from remote repo to your local machine

the opposite of the push

Question 5

how to clone a Github repository on your computer?

Answer 5

open Git Bash

open repository on GitHub

settings - deploy keys - create new

in Bash: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “my@email”

open ssh agent in Bash: eval $(ssh-agent -s)

add the key to that agent: ssh-add ~/.ssh/name_key (default is id_rsa or whatever it writes earlier during the creation)

to copy the key: clip < ~/.ssh/name_key.pub

back at GitHub: paste into the key field, give it some name, allow writing, create. Now the repo has a key.

code - code dropdown - choose SSH, copy the address

in Bash: back to the home directory: cd

git clone paste_the_address

if it asks - say “yes”

cd name_of_the_repo

Question 6

how to commit changes on your computer?

Answer 6

make changes, then:

to check, if the changes occurred: git status

to add to commit: git add .

to commit: git commit -m “name of the commit”

Question 7

push commits to GitHub from a project that was originally cloned from GitHub to your machine

Answer 7

to push: git push

at GitHub: new commit should appear in the “code” tab of the repo