Onboarding for Tech Team

Onboarding

New to Git and Github? Checkout these resources:

Full comprehensive guide/walkthrough of Git and Github: GitHub Foundations - Training | Microsoft Learn

If you prefer a comprehensive book: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2

git clone [<repository>]

Creates local copy of the repository stored on Github

<repository> the repository you want to clone

git pull

Runs git fetch and git merge

Pulls code from the remote repository (on Github) to your local repository and merges into your local repository

git checkout [-b] [<branch>]

Used to switch branches

<branch> to specify which branch you want to switch to

Switches branch to feat/carousel

E.g., git checkout feat/carousel

[-b] to create a new branch

feat/ used for feature branches (e.g., feat/carousel)

bug/ used for bugs (e.g., bug/navbar-text-resizing)

Naming conventions:

E.g., git checkout -b feat/carousel

Creates a new branch called feat/carousel and switches to that branch

Git Add

git add [<path>]

Used to ‘stage’ or add contents of file to next commit

<path> path of the file to be added

E.g., git add myFile.txt

Adds all changes made to myFile to the next commit

Git Commit

git commit [-m <message>]

Used to create a commit

-m <message> message to be included with commit

E.g., git commit -m “changes made to formatting”

Creates a commit with staged changed with the message “changes made to formatting”

Git Push

git push

Used to push committed changes to remote repository on GitHub