git_commands.md

You can get description for all git commands

git --help

First time you should clone repo in your local directory

git clone https://github.com/NataRazmochaeva/pc-2021-6300.git

After cloning you should go into git reposiroty directory

cd pc-2021-6300

Default you in main branch, please create your own branch for homework

git checkout -b steven-rodgers-hw1

In your branch you should create directory (locally in your laptop) for storing your own source code files. You also can do this using your File Manager

mkdir steven-rodgers-hw1

Ask git to show you shanges what you did in git repository directory. it can help you to understand what is happening in git "mind"

git status

After you placed your own source code in your own directory (you also can do this using File Manager in your OS), you should ask git to index your changes

git add steven-rodgers-hw1/

Here you can do "git status" again to be sure that git started to watching on your files

git status

After that you should to create commit -- special node for git control version system

git commit -m "steven-rodgers-hw1"

After that all is ready to send your changes in remote repository. You can do this using next command

git push --set-upstream origin steven-rodgers-hw1

After that you can go to https://github.com/NataRazmochaeva/pc-2021-6300 and to create new pull request using green button on site

For every new homework CREATE NEW BRANCH ONLY FROM MAIN BRANCH :

git checkout main

git checkout -b <new_branch_name>

FAQ

Login problems

Sometimes git says that it doesn't know you yet, you can say who you are using login commands:

git config --global user.name "your_username"

git config --global user.email "your_email_address@example.com"

Push problems

Sometimes git will reject your push command. It usually happens when changes were done in remote repository by somebody. It is absolutely normal case. Before creating, for example, your folder for HW-2 you should do git pull command for getting remote changes into your local repository.

git pull

After push command in your loсal repository files and folders of your classmates will appear. Please, dont remove and do not any changes in your classmates files and folders.