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Git/GitHub

Git is a version control system, a tool to manage all the different versions of your code.  GitHub is an online hosting service for your git repositories.
 
When you start a project, you want to 1. create a file locally (in C9), 2. create a new repository in GitHub** 3. connect the two
 
That’s (mostly) it. 

**Check out this 1-minute tutorial on how to create a new repo on GitHub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR5BYZjuXMU
 
When working with Git, commands to commit (pun intended!) to heart: 
 
Open your project folder, and in the terminal, enter the following:
 
1.    git init
a.	you only need this command the very first time you commit a project.  This is for the initial commit, that’s it.
 
2.    git add .
a.	don’t forget the period at the end of this command.
 
3.    git commit –m “I made the following changes…”
a.	What changed in this file? Commit messages might be something like: “added a method to reverse the string”; “changed the background color”; “added comments to the code”;
 
4.    git remote add origin <add path>
You can get the path from the repository you made on github.  It will look something like this:
 git@github.com:RedSoxFan22/Saturday2.git  
 or 
https://github.com/RedSoxFan22/Saturday2.git
 
5.    git push origin master