Github

Introduction

GitHub brings teams together to work through problems, move ideas forward, and learn from each other along the way.

GitHub is a Git repository hosting service, but it adds many of its own features. While Git is a command line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface. It also provides access control and several collaboration features, such as a wikis and basic task management tools for every project.

GitHub is a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration. It lets you and others work together on projects from anywhere. Version controlling your document allows you to:

1. Track developments and changes in your documents.
2. Record the changes you made to your document in a way that you will be able to understand later.
3. Experiment with different versions of a document while maintaining the original version.
4. ‘Merge’ two versions of a document and manage conflicts between versions.
5. Revert changes, moving ‘backwards’ through your history to previous versions of your document.

Account Creation

Follow the below steps:

• Go to -> www.github.com
• Sign up with company email

Account Verification

Once your account is created, Github will send you an email with a "link to verify" in it.

• Verify your email to complete signup

Github Login

• Go to: www.github.com
• Click on Sign In
• Login with your credentials

Courses to do

• Once you login, choose the below training. It will be added to your repository, which can be accessed to learn the basics of GitHub at any time.

• Both these trainings will give basic knowledge about Github and Markdown.

• https://lab.github.com/githubtraining/introduction-to-github

• https://lab.github.com/githubtraining/communicating-using-markdown

Key Terms about Github

• Repository

  • A repository is usually used to organize a single project.
  • It can contain folders, files, images, spreadsheets- anything a project needs.
  • Inside your account, all Repositories you are part of show on the left side panel of the home page.

  

• Branch

  • Branching is the way to work on different versions of a repository at one time.
  • By default your repository has one branch named "master" which is considered to be the definitive branch.
  • Every team member can clone the master branch to their own working branch.

• Commit

  • On GitHub, saved changes are called commits.
  • Each commit has an associated commit message, which is a description explaining why a particular change was made.
  • Commit messages capture the history of your changes, so other contributors can understand what you’ve done and why.

• Pull Request

  • Pull Requests are the heart of collaboration on GitHub.
  • When you open a pull request, you’re proposing your changes and requesting that someone review and pull in your contribution and merge them into their branch.
  • Pull requests show diffs, or differences, of the content from both branches.
  • The changes, additions, and subtractions are shown in green and red.

• Merge Pull Request

  • In this final step, it’s time to bring your changes together – merging your edited branches into the master branch.

Note : There can be multiple push requests for 1 pull request.

Github Flow

Following is the GitHub flow:

• Create a branch from the repository.
• Create, edit, rename, move, or delete files.
• Send a pull request from your branch with your proposed changes to kick off a discussion.
• Make changes on your branch as needed. Your pull request will update automatically.
• Merge the pull request once the branch is ready to be merged.

Collaboration with Github Desktop

For all the basic purpose we use the Github Desktop version, which lets you run all the basic commands for day to day work.

Help & Guides

• https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github
• https://guides.github.com/activities/hello-world/
• https://try.github.io/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv8rSLsi1xo
• https://lab.github.com/

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Last update: August 4, 2020