Git Workshop

git workshop

ABOUT ME
Alex York
Consultant
www.alexyork.net
@alex_york

“You stupid git!”

msysgit
Git client for Windows
http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/

Installing msysgit (1)

Open “Git Bash”

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Add an environment variable for HOME
So that git will not look in:
C:UsersFollesø
Right click on My Computer
Advanced System Settings
Environment Variables
Add

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First git command: check version
git --version

Configure your email
git config --global user.email alex-york@hotmail.co.uk

Configure your name
git config --global user.name “Alex York”

Generate SSH keys
ssh-keygen –C “alex-york@hotmail.co.uk” –t rsa
That C is UPPERCASE!

Generating SSH keys
Press Enter/Return when prompted for file location and your passphrase.

Generated SSH keys
The public key will be used later on github.com.
Pro tip: make backups of these keys!

Write some code!

Navigating with Git Bash
cd /c/Code/NNUG-Hello-World/

Initializing a repository
git init

What just happened?

View current status
git status

Creating a .gitignore file
touch .gitignore

View current status
git status

Add to staging area
git add .

Add to staging area

Next: commit
After adding (and removing?) several times to the staging area...
... commit to the repository
committing is like a snapshot of your code

Committing to repository
git commit –m “Commit message goes here”

Committing to repository

Commit log
git log

github.com

SSH Public Key

New Repository (1)

New Repository (2)

You’ve created a github repo!

Add your remote repository
git remote add origin
git@github.com:alexyork/NNUG-Hello-World.git
All on one line!

Push to your remote repo
git push origin master

github.com

What next?
Find something cool on github
git clone git@github.com/whatever
Fork something
Add a feature, fix a bug
Create a pull request
Start up an open-source project!

Based on this guide
Git For Windows Developers by Jason Meridth
http://www.lostechies.com/blogs/jason_meridth/archive/2009/06/01/git-for-windows-developers-git-series-part-1.aspx
These slides available at: www.alexyork.net

Git Workshop

by alexyork on Aug 31, 2010

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