More GitHub commands

After the basic content, let’s have more fun by knowing how to download the content from GitHub repository/ or upload an existing local file to a GitHub repository with the 4 command lines:

git clone

git add

git commit

git push

GitHub configuration

First, sign in with a GitHub account and create a new repository named dinner_menu

Now, open a terminal and go to the directory that you want to work on from there.

set up the GitHub configuration:

git config --global user.name "your name"
git config --global user.email "your GitHub_Emailaddress@.com"

Then, use git clone to get the remote directory content from your GitHub repository

git clone

git clone is a Git command line that targets an existing repository and creates a clone in your directory. it is primarily used to point to an existing repo and make a clone or copy of that repository in a new directory.

Type git clone git@github.com:WeiShaoD/dinner_menu.git from your work directory.

Git add/commit/push

The git add adds a change in the working directory. It tells Git that you want to include updates to a particular file in the next commit. However, git add doesn’t really affect the repository until you run git commit.

The git commit captures a snapshot of the project’s currently staged changes. Committed snapshots can be thought of as “safe” versions of a project—Git will never change them unless you explicitly ask it to. Prior to the execution of git commit, The git add command is used to promote or ‘stage’ changes to the project that will be stored in a commit.

The git push uploads local repository content to a remote repository. pushing exports commits to remote branches therefore Pushing has the potential to overwrite changes, caution should be taken when pushing.

cd to the dinner_menu, add a new menu.txt file by typing nano menu.txt, use git add and git commit -m ""menu for dinner""

Use git push -u origin main to synchronize your local and GitHub remote repository.

Now you can see the new menu from GitHub webpage.

It’s time for you to practice these commands by editing your own dinner menu.

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