petra-viola / github-workshop

let´s practice github basics for beginners

github-workshop

let´s practice github basics for beginners!

This README will introduce you to using basic commands for interacting with Git.

You can look at the bottom of this file, if you have not yet done basic git configuration.

Setup:

You will need a GitHub profile and a computer with Git and your preferred coding environment.

Useful commands

git status - what is happening git clone <url>- clone an existing repository git init - turn any directory into a repository git add <path>- add changes to staging area git commit- commit staged changes git commit -m "My commit message" git push - push commits to remote repo git pull- pull commits from remote repo git checkout –b <branch name> Create a new branch git branch -a –v - inspect all existing branches git log- view log of changes touch filename to create a file mkdir directoryname to create a directory

Tasks

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Use `git status
3. What does git log look like?
4. Create a new branch for a feature.
5. What does the output from git status look like now?
6. Create a file touch abc.txt
7. add the file to the staging area
8. How does git status look now?
9. commit the file to the repository
10. How does git status look now?
11. Change the content of the file you created earlier
12. What does git status look like now?
13. add the file change
14. What does git status look like now?
15. Change the file again
16. Make a commit
17. What does the status look like now? The log?
18. Add and commit the newest change

Between each step look at the output of git status.

Steps: Clone the repository to your local machine. Create a new branch for a feature. Make changes, commit, and push to the branch. Open a pull request to merge changes. Review, discuss, and resolve conflicts if any. Merge the feature branch into the main branch.

Git Initial Configuration

1. git config --global user.name "John Doe"
2. git config --global user.email "[e-mail]