Real-World Example: Git and GitHub on Windows - Basics

learn how to back up your important files by uploading a folder to a Git repository and pushing it to GitHub on Windows, preventing data loss.

Back up your files to prevent loss and access your project from multiple computers, then learn how to collaborate with others by sharing and updating a git repository.

Discover git, a terminal, open-source version control system created for the Linux kernel, enabling collaboration among multiple developers and becoming the world's most popular version control system.

Download the Git for Windows executable from the official site, install with default options, choose the command prompt as the terminal, and verify the installation by typing git.

Clone a remote git repository using git bash, copy the remote link, and download the code to your computer for team collaboration.

Discover how the Windows command prompt lets you use your computer without a graphical interface, perform tasks like copying files and browsing directories, and compare to Linux terminals.

Explain why the Windows command prompt is needed for this course and how to use it or Git Bash for Windows to learn the basics.

Learn how to open the Windows command prompt (cmd.exe) from File Explorer by navigating to the System32 folder and double-clicking the command prompt file to start coding.

Press the Windows key + R to open the run dialog and launch the Command Prompt quickly. Alternatively, search or click Command Prompt in the start menu.

Learn to change the current working directory in Windows command prompt, navigate between folders quickly, and move from the desktop to your git repository to boost productivity.

Copy and use folder paths in Windows to navigate between directories quickly. Learn fast path switching to move between repositories by copying and pasting folder paths.

Discover fast directory navigation in Windows by opening the desired folder and launching the command prompt in the current directory, enabling quick, step-efficient folder jumps.

Compare Git Bash and the Windows Command Prompt, highlighting Linux-like vs Windows native interfaces, and discuss using scripts to automate git workflows on Windows.

Explore the benefits of Git Bash as a Linux-like interface on Windows, highlighting automation, scripting, and workflow improvements that leverage Linux knowledge in a Windows environment.

Explore the drawbacks of the Git Bash Linux interface on Windows, including commands that fail on Windows and scenarios where Linux-style behavior helps and hurts.

Highlight fast Windows command prompt integration for git workflows, showing batch scripts and easy commit or push to GitHub, enabling marketing teams to manage assets efficiently.

Prefer Windows command prompt for faster work and easier automation; demonstrates a cross-folder script that automates git commit and push to support continuous integration across repositories.

GitHub acts as a hosting platform for code repositories, enabling team collaboration and continuous integration with deployments. It offers free private repositories and securely hosts source code on the internet.

Learn to create a new GitHub repository on Windows by clicking the new repository option, naming it, choosing public or private, and initializing the repository with a license before creating.

Clone a GitHub repository to your pc using git clone, copy the repo link, and paste it into your terminal or a GUI, organizing the project in a folder.

Learn how to delete repositories in GitHub by visiting the repository settings, using the danger zone, and typing the repository name to confirm, with cautions for real projects.

Create personal or organization repositories from the new repository flow or from the organization page, then delete repositories via the settings to manage access for teams.

Learn to create an empty Git repository on Windows, initialize a file, track changes, commit, set upstream, and push to origin.

Learn to create and initialize a GitHub repository, clone via ssh, generate and configure ssh keys, and use an ssh-agent to stop password prompts.

Configure git by setting your user name and email to identify commits and avoid the fatal error when git cannot detect who made changes.

Learn to set your git user.name and user.email with git config to identify commits and push changes to a repository on Windows.

Configure Git to remember passwords by setting a global credential store, so cloning, committing, and pushing won't prompt for credentials again.

Learn to enable Git to support large files on Windows, commit a 50 megabyte file, and push up to 100 megabytes with the right command and commit message.

Teach how to disable git compression by setting compression to zero, trading cpu use for increased network bandwidth when pushing commits to a remote repository.

Enable long path support in Git on Windows to commit long file paths and deeply nested subfolders without errors.

Automate your onboarding by creating a setup file with comments, configuring your email and name, and running it to verify results; keep settings local to the repository for reuse.

Learn to get help for git commands with git help, examine workflows, use feature topic branches, tagging, and tests, and consult tutorials and Stack Overflow for questions.

Learn how to clone a GitHub repository to your PC using the git clone command, paste the URL, and verify the local folder matches the online repository.

Master the git status command to inspect your repository, view changed and tracked files, commits and authors, and determine if changes remain unpushed to the remote, helping spot merge conflicts.

learn how to add a new file to a git repository to track it, check its status, and stage changes with git add before committing.

Learn how to untrack added files before committing using git reset, and manage unstaging and removing files from the repository efficiently.

Commit changes to the local repository to stage files for a future push to the remote. Write commit messages and use basic git commands to manage branches and push updates.

Push your local commits to the remote repository with git push, syncing the local master branch with origin and reflecting new commits on the remote.

Learn how to sync your local repo with the remote on Windows using git pull, handle push and merge conflicts, and prepare to fix conflicts in upcoming steps.

Fix project conflicts by hand: learn to resolve simultaneous edits from local and remote copies, understand conflict markers, and merge changes through careful edits, commits, and pushes to master.

Practice Git workflows on Windows, including configuring username and password, committing, pushing, pulling, creating branches, tagging, reverting commits, and resolving merge conflicts by hand.

Automate git tasks on Windows with batch scripts that run add, commit, and push in sequence with a double-click. Push to the remote repository and pull changes for streamlined workflow.

Learn how to pull changes from another person, create and edit files, commit and push those changes, and sync between your local and remote repositories by managing files and deletions.

Explore automatic tracking of all files for commit in git on Windows, stage files, and verify that changes are tracked and ready for commit.

Execute automatic untracking of all files while learning to commit changes, navigate the interface with double clicks, and monitor the process until completion.

Learn to push changes to a remote repository on Windows by creating commits and pushing them to GitHub, completing the basic workflow for Git and GitHub on Windows.

Improve collaboration and teamwork with Git and GitHub basics, learn commit message practices, branching, and continuous integration to maintain quality and clear history.