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Getting Started with Git and GitHub

A few steps, biased toward quick and easy use for DHSI 2015:

  1. Download and install Git at git-scm.com.
  2. Sign up for GitHub at github.com/join.
  3. Create and name a public repository ("repo") without a ReadMe file.
  4. Open your Git Bash app (Windows) or terminal (OSX). We'll call this the "command line."
  5. Move to your desktop by entering cd ~/desktop/ in the command line.
  6. Enter git config --global user.name YOURNAME (replacing YOURNAME with the name you want to attribute to your work).
  7. Enter git config --global user.email EMAIL (replacing EMAIL with the email address you used for GitHub).
  8. Enter git init dhsi2015 (which creates a directory on your desktop).
  9. Enter cd dhsi2015 (change your directory to dhsi2015).
  10. Enter touch README.md (create a README file for your repository).
  11. Enter open README.md (open the README file).
  12. In the file, describe your repo. The first line should start with a # and be followed by a title for your repo. This is your header, with the h1 tag in HTML.
  13. Save your file: control+S or command+S.
  14. In the command line, enter git remote add origin https://github.com/handle/repo.git (replacing handle with your GitHub handle and repo with the name of the repo you create during Step 3).
  15. Enter git remote -v (verifying your remote address).
  16. Enter git add --all (add all changes made to your repo).
  17. Enter git commit -m 'message' (replacing message with a description of your changes, e.g., created README.md).
  18. Enter git push origin master (push your files to the remote repo stored at GitHub.com).
  19. Visit your repo online to confirm changes.
  20. As you add and change files to your local repo, repeat Steps 16 - 18 above.