Overview

This page will provide some basic instructions on 8 or so topics that will be most fundamental to you including:

1. git clone,
2. git forks,
3. git remote add upstream,
4. git add,
5. git commit,
6. git push,
7. Cleaning your repo before pulling,
8. git conflicts

In addition, take a look at GIT’s new page on developing git skills: https://learn.github.com/skills

Also check a set of links to Youtube Channels with extensive tutorials for your further perusal.

Git basics

This guide assumes you’ve installed Git and created a GitHub account.

0) One-time setup on a new machine

Tell your git system who you are:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"