Hey folks, welcome back to another exciting guide! Today, we're diving into the world of Git and GitHub. Specifically, we're going to walk you through creating a local repository and pushing it up to GitHub. Yep, we're getting our hands dirty with some good old command-line action!
- Gather Your Tools
- Local Repo Creation
- Let's Get Git Going
- Commit, Commit, Commit!
- Going Remote
- Time to Push
- Key Resources
- Collaboration
- Shoutouts
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Git Up and Running: First off, if you haven't got Git installed, head over to Git's official site and get that sorted out.
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GitHub Account: No GitHub account? No problem! Swing by GitHub's sign-up page and snag yourself an account.
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Fire Up That Terminal: Crack open your terminal or command prompt, and navigate to where you want to park this project.
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Directory Action: Let's spin up a new directory for our endeavor.
mkdir next-big-thing
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Navigate: Move your virtual self into this newly minted space.
cd next-big-thing
- Initialization Station: Time to make it official. Let's initialize a new git repository.
git init
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File Time: Create a file or two; you've got to have something to commit, right?
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Stage Dive: Get those files into the staging area.
git add . -
Commit Away: Seal the deal with a commit.
git commit -m "First commit, here we go!"
- GitHub Ahoy: Open up GitHub in your browser and hit that 'New' button to create a fresh repository. Name it, claim it, but leave the initializing for later.
- Remote Control: Back to the terminal, it's time to link our local repo to the remote one.
git remote add origin https://github.com/your-username/next-big-thing.git
- Push It Real Good: Finally, let's push that local repository up to GitHub!
git push -u origin main
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