Git and GitHub

Course Description

Description

Git is a powerful version control system allowing to record, access, and restore the history of projects. After setting up remotes on the internet or other network, Git is also a mighty collaboration tool.

In this workshop, we will:

• Explain what version control is and what the benefits are,
• Get you started with Git,
• Use the popular online Git repository hosting site GitHub to introduce a workflow typical of many companies.

Prerequisites:

Install Git:

• Windows users: install Git for Windows from https://gitforwindows.org/
• MacOS and Linux users: install Git from https://git-scm.com/downloads
• Sign up for a free GitHub account at https://github.com/

When using git to push to GitHub you’ll need to authenticate to GitHub, one way to do this is by setting up SSH keys for your account:

• set up SSH for your account.

Workshop Material:

• https://mint.westdri.ca/git/top_intro.html