Getting started with GitHub

Veningston K
Computer Science and Engineering,
NIT Srinagar
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GitHub

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 Computer A Computer B

Computer A

Checkout

Version database Version database

Computer B

Checkout

Version database Version database

Time Space Time Space
git add git commit
git add

git add

git commit
Demo
GitHub
Distributed Version Control System
 git bash https://gitforwindows.org/
Git Profile

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https://github.com/
https://github.com/
 distributed VCS
• Local copy
remote copy Git

https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-
github/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-
ssh-agent
SSH option
• git clone
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https://docs.github.com/en/github/authen
ticating-to-github/connecting-to-github-
with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-
abc
adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent abc

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• This creates a new SSH key, using the provided email as
a label.
 Git Bash

Windows
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• This creates a new SSH key, using the provided
email as a label

abc
Windows
• Start the ssh-agent in the background

• Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent.

 Git Bash

Windows
https://docs.github.com/en/authentication
/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-
new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account
ls -al ~/.ssh

• Lists the files in your .ssh directory, if they exist

• clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

• Copies the contents of the id_ed25519.pub file to your
clipboard
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https://github.com/veningstonk
Settings
 Git Bash

https://github.com/veningstonk
Settings
SSH and GPG keys
 Git Bash

https://github.com/veningstonk
Settings
SSH and GPG keys
• Click New SSH Key
 Git Bash

https://github.com/veningstonk
Settings
SSH and GPG keys
• Click New SSH Key
Key
Add SSH key
 Git Bash

https://github.com/veningstonk
Settings
SSH and GPG keys
• Click New SSH Key
Key
Add SSH key
new key
 Git
repository
Java
project
• Syntax
• Example
[email protected]:veningstonk/De
mo.git
 Git
repository
Java
project
• Move to a local directory
• cd e:
• cd Git\ Projects/
 The Demo project is cloned from
GitHub (remote repository) to a
Working Directory

Git
repository
Java
project
• Move to a local directory
• cd e:
• cd Git\ Projects/

[email protected]:veningstonk/De
mo.git
git add

git add

git commit
 working
directory

• Tracked Files

• Untracked Files

• git status
The Demo project in the Working
Directory is the same as the
Remote repository
Demo.java
Sub.java Java code directory
 stage unstage
git add [followed by the changes] git reset
• git add Java\ code/
• git status

The staged changes appear in green

 git commit -m “add a relevant message”
• git status

This prints a summary describing the changes that we just saved

 git diff [name of the file]
• git diff Java\ code/Demo.java

Deletions are printed in red,

Additions are printed in green
• git add . → it will stage all the changes that we made to the entire repository.
• git status
• git commit –m “message”
• git status
Best Practice

best practice stage

commit
git commit
History of our commits
commits
git log

Type q to exit from the Git Log

Pushing the changes made
push remote repository
git push

local copy
git pull
remote repository local repository
• Best Practice
remote repository

git pull
Pull Push
• git pull
remote repository

git push
remote repository GitHub
GitHub
 delete local repository
remote repository
committed

uncommit
delete
• git reset --hard HEAD~1 → This will print a confirmation that HEAD is now pointing at the last previous commit.
• It will not be there in project history anymore. It is been deleted.
• Beware with uncommitting option.
Command Line Environment
GitHub Desktop https://desktop.github.com/
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