MECH-892

GitHub repository for the MECH-892 course at UNL. This repository will be used to teach the concepts of git and distributed computing

Git and GitHub

• git is a version control software
• GitHub is a platform for hosting and collaborating on code and software projects.

Useful GitHub Commands

• Commands that need to run once/machine
  • git config --global user.name <your username>
  • git config --global user.email <your GitHub email>
• Usual Command cycle
  • git clone <HTTPS/SSH address>
  • git checkout –b <branch name>
  • git add <file/folders name>
  • git commit -m <useful message to identify the changes>
  • git push origin <branch name>
  • git checkout main/master
  • git status
  • git pull