GitHub Fundamentals

1. Introduction to GitHub

Learn the basics of GitHub, including understanding what GitHub is and how remote repositories work. Create your own GitHub account, set up and manage repositories, clone remote repositories to your local machine, and push changes to keep your projects updated and synchronized.

Remote Repositories

What is Github?

Creating a GitHub Account

Creating a Repository

Cloning a Remote Repository

Pushing Changes

Introduction Summary Quiz

2. Basic Interaction with Remotes

Master the fundamentals of interacting with remote repositories by learning how to work with remote branches, fetch and merge remote changes, and pull updates from remote repositories. This section will equip you with the essential skills to manage and synchronize your work with remote teams effectively.

Information about Remotes

Remote Branches

Simulating Collaboration

Fetching and Merging Remote Changes

Creating a New Branch Remotely

Pulling Changes

Remotes Summary Quiz

3. More Advanced Workflows

Delve into advanced Git workflows by mastering the techniques of pulling and pushing changes, pushing local branches, and rebasing changes. This section will help you refine your version control skills, enabling you to handle more complex development scenarios and maintain a clean, efficient project history.

Making Local and Remote Changes

Syncing the Repositories

Pushing Local Branches

Rebasing Basics

Performing a Rebase Operation

Commands Cheatsheet

Final Quiz

Pushing Changes

Push Attempt

In the previous chapter, we modified the README file and committed the changes locally. Let's now send these changes to our remote repository. In a basic scenario like this, a simple git push command is sufficient:

The git push command uploads local repository content to a remote repository, synchronizing changes made locally with the remote branch.

Oops, something went wrong and authentication failed. Let's try again:

As you can see, even after entering the username and password for the GitHub account, authentication still failed. The error message indicates that GitHub has discontinued password authentication for operations on repositories.

Personal Access Token

Instead of passwords, GitHub now requires the use of more secure methods like personal access tokens.

GitHub switched to personal access tokens to enhance security and improve access control. Tokens have an expiration date and a specific set of privileges, unlike regular passwords, which reduces the risk of credential compromise and allows for more precise permission management.

Let's now create one by following the instructions in the video below:

Once you've copied and written down your token, let's try pushing the changes again. Now, you should enter the token instead of your password.

Congratulations on your first successful push to the remote repository!

Everything was clear?

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Course Content

GitHub Fundamentals

Pushing Changes

Push Attempt

The git push command uploads local repository content to a remote repository, synchronizing changes made locally with the remote branch.

Oops, something went wrong and authentication failed. Let's try again:

Personal Access Token

Instead of passwords, GitHub now requires the use of more secure methods like personal access tokens.

Let's now create one by following the instructions in the video below:

Once you've copied and written down your token, let's try pushing the changes again. Now, you should enter the token instead of your password.

Congratulations on your first successful push to the remote repository!

Everything was clear?

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