Basic instructions for using git and github

github-basics.txt

Concept Summaries

Verson Control - Is a change tracking system that let's us roll our code backwards in time to revert any change.
  Centralized -  A single master copy of the files and individuals will "lock" certain files while they are working on them
  Distributed - Every computer gets a copy and when they come back to the main repository they need to sync up
  
Git - Is a distributed version control system.  That focuses around the changes in code

GitHub - A massive website that holds a bunch of server side git repositories.  Github makes it easy to share and colaborate on code


#In your workspace you can start a new git repository
git init

#Add your current project files to git's change tracking
git add .

#Have git save your current changes
git commit -m "Initial commit"

#Link your local git to your github repository (use ssh)
git remote add origin https://github.com/<USERNAME>/<PROJECT_NAME>.git

#Check your remote url is correct
git remote -v

#Push your changes to Github
git push -u origin master

#Change any files you want!  Then check changes with
git diff

#If you added a new file
git add .

#Save your changes
git commit -m "My changes"

#Publish your changes to the server
git push


-- More Advanced

#Create a new branch
git branch <NEW_BRANCH_NAME>

#View all your branches
git branch

#Checkout a branch
git checkout <BRANCH_NAME>

#Push your branch up to the server
git push -u origin <BRANCH_NAME>

#Demo a server side pull request

#Readme format: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet