lahiru95 / github-get-started

Beginner guide to github.

Instructions to Get Started

1. On the GitHub page for this repository, click on the Button "Fork".

   

2. Clone your forked repository to your computer:

   Click on the green button and copy the HTTPS url.

   

   For clone, run this command inside your terminal/cmd:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-user-name>/github-get-started.git

   Learn more about forking and cloning a repo.

3. On your computer, select the folder of your favourite programming language(if folder doesn't exist of your language, create new folder) and add a source code file.

4. Add the changes to the github with git add, git commit:

   git add <your-file-name> (Ex :- git add hello_world.c)
   git commit -m "<your-commit-message>" (Ex :- git commit -m "Added C program file")

5. Push your changes to your repository:

   git push origin master

6. Go to the GitHub page of your fork, and make a pull request:

   

   Read more about pull requests on the GitHub help pages.

7. Wait until Zerobot or one of the maintainers merges your pull request. If there are any conflicts, you will get a notification.

8. If you run into a merge conflict, you have to resolve the conflict. For that follow the steps below.

   git remote add upstream https://github.com/Sunera-2216/github-get-started.git
   git pull upstream master

   Need to know more about merge conflicts? Visit here.

9. That's all. You're just completed beginner guide to github. 😃 🎉 🎊