jazzyfresh/talk-tools

Talk Tools

Let's talk!

Initialize your machine

Configure global gitignore

git config --global core.excludesFile '~/.gitignore'

• ignore files that appear frequently on your machine
• .DS_Store on MacOS
• .swp files for vim users https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7335420/global-git-ignore

Configure your GitHub user

git config user.email "jazzyfresh@lmu.example"
git config user.name "Jazzy Le Fresh

• do this BEFORE you make your first commit https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37805621/change-email-address-in-git

Setup SSH

https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh

• double check for existing keys
• start your ssh-agent
• upload public key to github

Let's get started with a git repo

Initialize your repo

• first, go to GitHub and create an empty repo

git init
git remote origin git@github.com:jazzyfresh/talk-tools.git
git remote -v

first commit

echo "hello" >> README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "added my readme"
git push -u origin main

• you only need the -u flag in the git push on your very first push
  • after that you can git push on the main branch
  • on your feature branches you still need to git push origin feature-branch

Making branches

• feature and bug fixes
• any new development that needs to happen in parallel or be approved by your peers
• it's helpful for keeping track of your changes

git branch feature-branch
git checkout feature-branch

OR

git checkout -b feature-branch

git add
git commit
git push origin feature-branch