GIT Basics for Github (on Windows)

The video will guide you through:
- Installing Git on Windows
- Create a Github Account
- Create a Repository
- Authenticate Github for Git (Using HTTPS)
- Pushing to Github
- Cloning from Github

Major GIT commands:
git config
Sets configuration values for your user name, email, gpg key, preferred diff algorithm, file formats and more. Example: git config --global user.name "My Name" git config --global user.email "[email protected]" cat ~/.gitconfig [user] name = My Name email = [email protected]

git init
Initializes a git repository – creates the initial ‘.git’ directory in a new or in an existing project. Example: cd /home/user/my_new_git_folder/ git init

git clone
Makes a Git repository copy from a remote source. Also adds the original location as a remote so you can fetch from it again and push to it if you have permissions. Example: git clone [email protected]:user/test.git

git add
Adds files changes in your working directory to your index. Example: git add .

git rm
Removes files from your index and your working directory so they will not be tracked. Example: git rm filename

git commit
Takes all of the changes written in the index, creates a new commit object pointing to it and sets the branch to point to that new commit. Examples: git commit -m ‘committing added changes’ git commit -a -m ‘committing all changes, equals to git add and git commit’
git push
Pushes all the modified local objects to the remote repository and advances its branches. Example: git push origin master

git remote
Shows all the remote versions of your repository. Example: git remote origin