Version Control - 01.GitHub_Intro

GitHub Intro

Step 1

Login to github.com and signup for a free account.

If you need a private repository then you need to signup for paid account.

Step 2

Login to your Linux machine and create a direcotry for git

# mkdir /git

Step 3

Configure your username and email. So that if someone did any commit then everyone will know who have made it.

# git config --global user.name "User Name"

# git config --global user.email <email_id>

Step 4

Go to that directory and create a new directory for your repository if you

have multiple branches within the repository in your git account.

Else you can add your repository directly.

Case 1: Repository with default branch or a single branch.

Go to your git directory

# cd /git

Update the origin of your repository

# git remote add -t <Branch_Name> -f origin https://<username>@github.com/<username>/<Repo_name>.git

# git remote add -t master -f origin https://vmsnivas@github.com/vmsnivas/ansible.git

Clone your repository now.

# git clone https://vmsnivas@github.com/vmsnivas/ansible.git

Case 2: Repository with multiple branches.

Go to your git directory.

# cd /git

Create a direcotry with the name of the repository and child direcotries with the name of the branches you have.

# mkdir -p <repo_name>/{branch1,branch2,....}

# mkdir -p python/{master,notes,programs}

Go to the repo dir and initialize git.

# cd python

# git init

Set the origin of your repo.

# git remote set-url origin https://<username>@github.com/<username>/<Repo_name>.git

# git remote set-url origin https://vmsnivas@github.com/vmsnivas/python.git

Go to one of your branches and initialize git.

# cd master

# git init

Update the origin of your branch

# git remote add -t branch1 -f origin https://<username>@github.com/<username>/<Repo_name>.git

# git remote add -t master -f origin https://vmsnivas@github.com/vmsnivas/python.git

Now clone the contents of that specific branch from the repo.

# git clone -b branch1 https://<username>@github.com/<username>/<Repo_name>.git

# git clone -b master https://vmsnivas@github.com/vmsnivas/python.git

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