Github – learning basic setup and use

I have downloaded a lot of stuff from Github but haven’t really bothered figuring what it was about.

I found this video a simple way to get my head around it and get to use it initially:

Github Tutorial For Beginners – Github Basics for Mac or Windows & Source Control Basics

I had signed up to an account previously ( only realising when I tried to make a new account of the same name).

I downloaded the windows 64 bit version of the desktop app.

After creating a new blank ” repository” called PanoramaHTML in my Github account as per the video with a ReadMe.md file created.

I created a new directory called github in my downloads directory (my area of working) and then created a subdirectory called PanoramaHTML.

Then went to that directory and tried to use the command as per the video:

\Downloads\_Github\PanoramaHTML1>git clone https://github.com/drakemax/PanoramaHTML.git

It didn’t work. In the command console windows did not recognise the “git” command.

So back to Mr Google & StackOverflow where I found this article. It pointed to using this software” Git for Windows” . I downloaded that software (slow to start up the .exe file) and it works fine, so I can now use git on the command line as per the video.

So, after getting git to work on the command prompt I redid the command:

\Downloads\_Github\>git clone https://github.com/drakemax/PanoramaHTML.git

I only went to the main directory:

\Downloads\_Github\>

To run the command. The clone command creates/adds the subdirectory:

/PanoramaHTML

on my computer. So that is easy, no need to create a directory for where you want it to be.

After setting up the directory on my computer I proceeded to place all the files in there that I wanted and also updated the README.md file to explain what files are in there and how to use them.

As I had updated the files on my computer, I need to change directory using

\Downloads\_Github\> cd PanoramaHTML

\Downloads\_Github\PanoramaHTML\>

Once directory changed, I needed to add the files to the git repository, as I’d added folders and files and updated the readme.md file, so

\Downloads\_Github\PanoramaHTML\> git add -A (this adds all  file contents to the index)

Then I needed to Record changes to the repository using the commit command so:

\Downloads\_Github\PanoramaHTML\> git commit -m “Folders and files added to directory and Readme file updated”

Then I can push the files up to GITHUB with:

\Downloads\_Github\PanoramaHTML\> git push

To check if they are the same (local git on computer and one at github :

\Downloads\_Github\PanoramaHTML>git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with ‘origin/master’.

So that is great.

I can now use the clone/download button to copy the link to share it with others:

https://github.com/drakemax/PanoramaHTML.git