macloo / github-howto-and-github-desktop

How to get started using GitHub

GitHub How-To and GitHub Desktop

This is a GitHub repo that explains how to use GitHub and the GitHub Desktop app.

It’s meant to be useful even after you’ve been using GitHub for a while, in case you forget how to do one of the things. So scan the table of contents below, or go straight to GitHub Basics.

• GitHub Basics — includes downloading GitHub Desktop

• Your First Repo (Start a New Repo)

• Publish or Push: Git Commit and Sync

• Forking and Cloning — do this when you intend to contribute to someone else’s code project

• Git Branches

• gh-pages — free websites from GitHub

• Git Pull Requests needs edits

• What Are .md Files?

• Command-Line Git