Git is a version tracking software to organize our code and track versions. It makes it easier to roll back errors. It is client/server software that together keep track of all your files and manage the code base. git you installed on your computer can be called client.
Github is a website that keeps the remotely available server that all clients can acccess to. To download files from the server you don't need to register. But to upload files you do need to register. It is free to register and to publish any project on github.
Repository: Project or organized package or code that are saved on a separate directory. (local- on your computer) (remote- server/github)
Cloning: Downloading and saving the repository from remote to local.
Adding: tagging a file in local repository to be included for saving (either locally or remotely)
Commit: save is performed for the above added/tagged files to the Repository
Pushing: push and publish the committed file(s) from the local Repository to remote (github)
We will only cover the minimum instructions here. Please follow more detailed tutorial linked below:
https://github.com/dot-slash-CS/Git-Tutorial
We can clone the whole project with a simple line (no need to register)
git clone https://github.com/dot-slash-CS/Club-Portal
Once you get the git clone working, now you may want to upload files to it. First please make sure you register on github.
Once registered, go to newly acquired repository in command line:
copy new files:
cp ~/Desktop/newfile.txt .
git add newfile.txt
git commit -m "new file added"
If you haved cloned the github repository earlier you don't need to do the following. This command set up connection from local repository to the github (remote repository):
git remote add remote_name
git push
git understands that you are pushing your current repository(the current directory you are in) to a remote repository (it remembers if you git clone from github; so no need to specify where it is pushing to.)