An Intro to Git and GitHub for Beginners (Tutorial) - JohnHau/mis GitHub Wiki

New to git? Follow the steps below to get comfortable making changes to the code base, opening up a pull request (PR), and merging code into the primary branch. Any important git and GitHub terms are in bold with links to the official git reference materials.

Step 0: Install git and create a GitHub account The first two things you'll want to do are install git and create a free GitHub account.

Follow the instructions here to install git (if it's not already installed). Note that for this tutorial we will be using git on the command line only. While there are some great git GUIs (graphical user interfaces), I think it's easier to learn git using git-specific commands first and then to try out a git GUI once you're more comfortable with the command. A note: 95% of other online git resources and discussions will also be for the command-line interface.

Once you've done that, create a GitHub account here.

To reiterate, the file has not yet been added to a commit, but it's about to be.

And this is what it looks like once you've submitted the PR request:

Step 11: Bask in your git glory You've successfully made a PR and merged your code to the primary branch. Congratulations! If you'd like to dive deeper, check out these more advanced tutorials and resources:

https://training.github.com/ Github’s official git cheat sheets! Handy for remembering the everyday commands you’ll use. https://learngitbranching.js.org/ Confused or intrigued by git’s branch system? That just means you’re human! It’s one of the deepest parts of git, but also arguably the most powerful. Understanding the branch model gives you git superpowers, and this tutorial gives you a way to learn git branches in a visual, intuitive way. https://git-school.github.io/visualizing-git Another tool for exploring git visually. This one is more of an open-ended sandbox than learngitbranching.js.org https://github.com/jlord/git-it-electron A desktop application that helps you learn git through challenges you have to solve. It has a series of levels, each requiring you to use git commands to arrive at a correct answer. https://github.com/Gazler/githug If you liked git-it, Githug is another puzzle-based tutorial designed to give you a practical way of learning git. I also recommend finding some time to work with your team on simulating a smaller group project like we did here. Have your team make a new folder with your team name, and add some files with text to it. Then, try pushing those changes to this remote repo. That way, your team can start making changes to files they didn't originally create and practice using the PR feature. And, use the git blame and git history tools on GitHub to get familiar with tracking which changes have been made in a file and who made those changes.

The more you use git, the more comfortable you'll... git with it. (I couldn't resist.)

*This post was originally published in October 2015 by Meghan Nelson, then a senior software engineer at HubSpot. It has since been updated by the HubSpot Product Team.

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