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Hosney Ara Smrity
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How to Upload Flutter Project on GitHub | Bring Remote Repo Locally | A - Z | 2022

Today's topics:

  • What is git?
  • What is github?
  • What are the benefits of using git/github?
  • How to use git/github?
  • How we can use git/github in our project?

What is git?
Git is a version control system. In short we can call it vcs. Without git, there are lot of vcs. They are svn, marcurial, gitlab, cvs and more.

What is github?
Github is a hosting service, where we'll host our Flutter project.

What are the benefits of using git/github?

  1. fast
  2. work offline
  3. revise code/control version
  4. team collaboration
  5. more..........

How to use git/github?
To use git, must have to install in our operating sytem. You can download & install from here or watch Video tutorial

To use github, must have to create a github account and logged in the account. Create account from here.

Now let's jump into the main topic, How we can use git/github in our project? How to upload flutter project on github;

Step-1 Create a Flutter Project
Step-2 Open Terminal
Step-3 Step by step all commands to upload project remotely.
→ 1. git init
→ 2. git add .
→ 3. git commit -m "description"
→ 4. git branch -M branchName
→ 5. git remote add origin repoUrl
→ 6. git push -u origin branchName

You can see in Video tutorial

Add modified files to that remote project;
Step-1 Step by step 3 commands to upload modified files/folders.
→ 1. git add .
→ 2. git commit -m "description"
→ 3. git push -u origin branchName
This way we can upload our project remotely.

Now we'll see how we can bring the repo locally in our system.
There are 2 ways; 1. Git clone , 2. Download zip 
To clone repo : Github project → code → copy url → vs code → clone repo
*To download zip : * Github project → code → download zip
Video tutorial

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