In fact, if I don’t use this, it won’t let me push! According to Atlassian, it’s like saying, “I want to put my changes on top of what everybody else has done.” So, this is perfectly fine for my situation. I only use this because I am pushing directly to a master, so I need to pull from the remote first before pushing.

You can execute git remote -v to verify that your directory has been associated with your remote repo.

The URL of your repo is that URL that you see when you click the Clone or download button. git remote add originĪssociates your directory with a remote git server and repo. After commit, you are ready to push to Github. I do this because I don’t have to think! git commit -mĬommits all the changes. The -A means all changes are staged including edits, additions, and deletes. You can execute git status at any point in time to see where you’re at in the process. Suffice it to say that you need to open a command prompt or Powershell » CD to your source code directory » type git init and Enter. Initializes and prepares your directory for git. Install Git SCM on your computer to enable you to use git on the command line.If not, make sure you do the following first: I assume that you have already set up your environment to use the git commands. If this is your situation as well, then this post might help you. But I’m these six git commands are the only ones I use. Depending on your situation, or what you are trying to do, there are probably a dozen ways to push your source code for for the first time to Github.

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