Basic Git commands for development

abhinandanmishra1 — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 19:24:19 +0000

While starting the development journey beginners found it very hard to use git and github. Even there are very good developers who get stuck while using git and github.

What is git and github?

Github can be understood by assuming it is an online storage drive (similar to our local drives) where we can store our data(projects) in repositories(similar to our local folders).
Github provides an easiness to manage our projects, fork projects of others, and contribute to others' projects.
Git is a command-line tool that is used to manage the remote github repositories by writing some commands on local git CLI.

How to use git and github?

Create an account on Github.
Download git on your local machine.
Setup git CLI by using given commands.
1. git config --global user.name "Your Username"
2. git config --global user.email "your_mail@mail.com"

Now you're set to use git and github.

Create a new repository on your github account.
Write the name and description of your repository and choose the visibility (Private or Public) as per the need.
Now your remote repository has been created and you can connect it with your local repository by the given HTTPS/SSH Address.
Go to your respective local repository and use the given commands to connect with your remote repository.
echo "# Repo_Name" >> README.md
git init
git add README.md
git commit -m "first commit"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/abhinandanmishra1/Repo_Name.git
git push -u origin main
Now you've made the first push to your repository.

For a more detailed explanation and cheat sheet for all important commands Visit This Repository.

That's all about git and github.
Thanks for reading!

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Basic Git commands for development