Getting started with Git

This repository is for first time contributer to get accustomed with git. There is a simple excercise which will help you understand git better.

First, fork this repository to your account.
Make sure you have git installed in your system using this command in either gitbash or powershell or command prompt(windows) or terminal(ubuntu).
```
    git --help
```

If it gives error, you need to first install git.

Clone this repository (this would make rebasing easier).

git clone https://github.com/mohitkh7/getting-started-with-git.git

Go to the local repository that was just cloned.
```
cd getting-started-with-git
```
Add a remote to your forked repository. This remote will be needed to push your changes to your repo.
```
git remote add myfork https://github.com/<username>/getting-started-with-git.git
```
Create a new branch and switch to it. (make sure you are on master before doing this).
```
git branch mybranch
git checkout mybranch
```
'mybranch' can be replaced by your preferred name for the branch. The above to commands are equivalent to the following
```
git checkout -b mybranch
```
Complete the exercise given below.
After you are done making changes, push the branch to your fork.
```
git push -u myfork mybranch
```
Then create a Pull Request from that branch using GitHub.

Exercise

Inside the Introduction folder create a new file < your_username >.md and write your brief introduction using markdown syntax.

For any help related to markdown you can refer this guide.

View complete list of git resources in resources.md