0x01. Git

Concepts

For this project, we expect you to look at these concepts:

Resources

Learning Objectives

At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google

General

What is sourcecode management
What is Git
What is GitHub
What is the difference between Git and GitHub
How to create repository
What is a README
How to write good READMEs
How to commit
How to write helpful commit messages
How to push code
How to pull updates
How to create a branch
How to merge branches
How to work as collaborators on a project
Which files should and which files should not appear in your repo

Copyright - Plagiarism

You are tasked to come up with solutions for the tasks below yourself to meet with the above learning objectives.
You will not be able to meet the objectives of this or any following project by copying and pasting someone else’s work.
You are not allowed to publish any content of this project.
Any form of plagiarism is strictly forbidden and will result in removal from the program.

Requirements

A README.md file at the root of the alx-pre_course repo, containing a description of the repository
A README.md file, at the root of the folder of this project (i.e. 0x01-git), describing what this project is about
Do not use GitHub’s web UI, but the command line to perform the exercise (except for operations that can not possibly be done any other way than through the web UI). You won’t be able to perform many of the task requirements on the web UI, and you should start getting used to the command line for simple tasks because many complex tasks can only be done via the command line.
Your answer files should only contain the command, and nothing else

Basic Usage

At the end of this project you should be able to reproduce and understand these command line:

                $ git clone <repo>
                $ touch test
                $ git add test
                $ git commit -m "Initial commit"
                $ git push origin main
            

Tasks

0. Create and setup your Git and GitHub account

Step 0 - Create an account on GitHub [ if you don't have one already ]

You will need a GitHub account for all your projects. If you don't have a github.com account, you can create one here

Step 1 - Create a Personal Access Token on Github

To have access to your repositories and authenticate yourself, you need to create a Personal Access Token on Github.

You can follow this tutorial to create a token.

Once it is created you should have a token that looks like this:

Step 2 - Create your first repository

Using the

Last modified: 27 September 2024