Uploading Project To GitHub
Samuel Salgado
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GitHub, often hailed as the "home of developers," is a powerful and versatile platform that has revolutionized the world of software development. GitHub is an essential tool - operating as a central hub for version control, project collaboration, and code sharing. The importance of GitHub in modern development cannot be overstated. It enables developers to work together seamlessly, manage code repositories, track changes, and maintain a historical record of project development. With features like issue tracking, pull requests, and a thriving open-source community, GitHub fosters collaboration and innovation, making it an indispensable tool for individuals, teams, and organizations in the software development landscape. In this digital age, GitHub stands as a testament to the transformative impact of technology on the way we build and share software.
GitHub projects must have Git initialized. This action - “git init”, essentially creates a git repository. Initializing this command is the first step in uploading your project to GitHub. Once initialized, make sure that you have a GitHub account and that you have created a new GitHub repository. Once the repository is created, your repository will be empty with instructions and web address - HTTP or SSH. Choose HTTP, then copy and paste the address in the terminal. Before pasting, type “git remote add origin” to clone the repository.?
You now have the same empty repository in your terminal. Next, add the files and folders you are working with to your repository. Type “git add .” to add all the files and folders to your repository. Include the space, you are uploading more than one file to the repository. Insert a commit to upload your repository to GitHub using “git commit -m “(Commit message)”, this is very helpful in teams for efficient communication while working on a project.?
In Git, branches serve as separate lines of development, allowing developers to work on features or fixes independently before merging into the main codebase. Like commits, branches are very helpful in team projects. In the example above, I am using Git CMD, so two branch commands were used - “git branch -M main” and “git push -u origin main”.? The latter command should work fine, but running both will suffice.
To conclude, the final command is what finalizes the changes in the remote repository. The first command, “git init”, initializes the empty repository. Next, the “git remote add origin“command will insert the empty repository into the HTTP web address. The “git add .” command adds all the files to the repository. Next, commit the changes with some type of message - “git commit -m (")“. Finally, set the branch to main and push the code to the respective branch with the following two commands:
“git branch -M main”
“git push -u origin main”.