Getting Started With GitHub

Objectives and Overview

Lesson Objectives

• Understand the purpose of GitHub and how it relates to and differs from, Git.
• Explain the process of pushing local code to GitHub.
• Push your local Git repository to GitHub.

GitHub Introduction

Getting Started With GitHub

Activity: Signing Up for GitHub

Steps:

Activity: Creating a Repository on GitHub

Steps:

Activity: Pushing Your Local Git Repository to GitHub

At this point you should have your local git repository initialized and completed your first commit. Additionally, you should have created a sample repository on GitHub. If you haven’t completed these items yet, make sure to do those before moving forward.

Now you’re ready to push your local repository to GitHub! This is done through establishing your GitHub repository as a remote destination for your local repository. If the terminology seems a bit confusing, that’s ok! Keep working through it — you’ll get it with practice!

Steps:

• Open terminal on your Raspberry Pi and navigate to the git repository for your project

• Type git status to check the status of your repo.

  • You should see On branch master nothing to commit, working tree clean

• Next, add your GitHub repository as a remote origin:

  • Often, you can copy this line of code directly from the page for your GitHub repository that you created
  • It’ll look something like this: git remote add origin https://github.com/jonathanprozzi/my-sample-repo.git
• Note: If you closed the page, the remote origin is your /username/repo-name.git

• Once you’ve done this, it’s time to push your code to GitHub:

  • The command for this is git push -u origin master

After completing this last step you’ll need to wait a moment while your code is remotely sent to GitHub. You only need to add the -u origin flags on the initial push. Afterward, you just use git push.

Going Further