HOW TO CREATE A HTML FILE AND PUSH IT TO GITHUB USING GITBASH

This blog is a beginner's guide on how to create an index.html file using Git bash and push it to a repository in GitHub for future use and deployment.

Tools to be used

1. Download and install Git bash
2. GitHub account

Here is how it's done!

STEP 1: CONFIGURE YOUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT

• Open your Git Bash and wait for the shell prompt to display.

• Type the following commands:

git config --global user.name **your username**
git config --global user.email **your email**

STEP 2: CREATE A DIRECTORY AND INITIALIZE IT

• Type the following commands:

mkdir **directory name**

cd **directory name**

git init

STEP 3: CREATE A FILE

• Type the following command to create a file with name index.html:

touch index.html

• Type this command to go into the file and write your content.

vi index.html

Inside the file, hit the i button on your keyboard to start writing your content.

• When you are done writing, press the esc button on your keyboard then type the following :wq hit enter. This will take you back to your line of codes.

STEP 4: CREATE A REPOSITORY ON GITHUB

• Login to GitHub, click on Repository and select New repository

Create a new repository page will open.

• Type in the name you wish to call your repository.

• Make sure you select the option to make it public

• Check the add a README file box

• Click the Create repository button.

• Click on the Code button and copy the HTTPS URL under Clone which is under Local.

STEP 5: CLONING A REPOSITORY

• Go back to your Git Bash and type the command: git remote add origin **paste the url from GitHub here** and hit the enter key.

STEP 6: STAGING AND COMMITING THE FILE

• Type the following command to stage your index.html file:
  git add index.html and hit enter.

• To commit the file, type the following command:
  git commit -m **"your commit message"** and hit enter. Your commit message can be just anything you wish.

STEP 7: PUSH YOUR FILE TO GITHUB

• To push the index.html file you created, type the following command and hit enter. git push origin master

Master is the repository branch you are pushing into.

With this final command and the consequent notification, you can see that we have been able to push our file successfully to GitHub, where it can be used for deployment, as a resource material for other users and for future use.

View the file content in GitHub

• Go to GitHub, click on the Compare and pull request button that will pop-up to extract the file content.

• Click on the Master the index.html which is the file name to view the code.