How to use Git & Github

Create a Github Repo

We are going login into to your github account

In the upper right click it and click “Your Repositories”

Click New button

Fill out the form and click create

How to use git

Git is a widely-used version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. The process typically starts with git add, which stages changes you’ve made to files in your working directory for a commit. This step doesn’t yet record the changes; it simply marks them for inclusion in the next commit. Then, git commit is used to actually commit the staged changes. This creates a snapshot of your project, allowing you to save or share the current state of your code. After committing, you can use git push to upload your local repository content to a remote repository.

https://reddit.com/r/git/comments/99ul9f/git_workflow_diagram_showcasing_the_role_of/

This is often used to share your changes with others or to backup your work on a remote server. Conversely, git pull is used to fetch and integrate changes from a remote repository into your local repository. This command is a combination of git fetch, which retrieves changes from a remote repository, and git merge, which merges these changes into your current branch. In summary, Git provides a robust framework for tracking and collaborating on software development projects, streamlining the process of managing changes and ensuring consistency and integrity of code.

Open Up VScode, Open Up a folder, and open up the terminal.

git clone https://github.com/Gresliebear/rapid-prototype.git

We are going edit the README.md file

hello world

we going to add our file to git staging

git add .

then check status

git check status

we going commit our code to git

git commit -m "first commit"

then we push it to repo

git push

and if you are team of the repo you pull their code to get the latest update

git pull

After creating your github repo we can start building our Flask App in the next session