Introduction to Git and Github

A simple website created to teach students the basics of version control in software development using git and Github for a workshop conducted by Nexus, SJCET.

Speaker: Athul Cyriac Ajay

Pre-requisites

• Install Git on your computer. Instructions for installing Git on:
  • GNU/Linux and MacOS
  • Windows

Instructions

• Fork this repo and clone it to your local machine (git clone <fork_url>).
• Create file with your name seperated by - or _ in the content folder.
• Add the template given below and fill in the respective details.

  ---
  name: "Your Name"
  avatar: "img.com/img.png"
  desc: "About You"
  college: "College Name"
  web: "website"
  github: "github link"
  gitlab: "gitlab link"
  ---
  

  The name, avatar, desc, college and github fields are mandatory. If you do not have a website or Gitlab account set those fields to none like so:

  web: "none"
  

• Commit your changes with a proper commit message and push your changes to fork.
• Open a pull request against the main branch of this repo from your fork.
• Wait for someone to review the changes. After review, the maintainer will either merge your changes or suggest changes if required.

References

• Git Cheatsheet
• Git Documentation