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GitHub and Setting Up A Repository.

What is Git?

Git is an open source, distributed control system. It was designed to handle a small project, like this blog post, to a fully developed website. It allows any number of developers to collaborate on the same files, documents, and source code simultaneously, without overriding each developer’s code. This keeps a steady, controlled flow of changes to any project on the go.

##### Version Control Git provides information regarding any changes to a project’s source code. The technical defintion is “a system that records changes to a file, or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later.” The most minute detail, like a added space or deleted word, will be highlighted. You’d be able to see who changed it, giving you the ability to place the blame accordingly if something goes wrong!

What is GitHub?

The quintessential open source publishing, version control, and collaboration tool. Nearly everything you’ll need for a variety of developmental projects. What’s it missing? A money printing machine would be nice!

Setting Up a Repository

Well there are two ways of executing this. Depending on your comfort levels with a Command Line Interface, it can be done through CLI or GUI, otherwise known as a Graphical User Interface. I will be covering both.

With The GUI

  • Step 1: Create a GitHub Account
  • Step 2: Click on “New repository”
  • Step 3: Clarify which settings you want
  • Step 4: Upload any files you want in there
  • Step 5: Here you can make any edits or changes then commit them

Now Through CLI

Here I’m going to assume that you’ve already made a GitHub account. Following the proceding steps.

  • Step 1: Open up your terminal of choice, create a directory somewhere locally, change into that directory. My terminal of choice is the Git CMD.
  • Step 2: Create an empty directory with a hidden .git folder. In this example it’s named BareGitRepo.
  • Step 3: Change directories into that new projcet.
  • Step 4: Use the “git init” command to create the empty repository.
  • Step 5: To view the contents of the new repository, use the “dir /ah” command.
Written on September 4, 2020