Git Tutorial

This article shows how to install git and post project to github on Mac OS.

Install git

On Mac OS, there are several ways to install git. I chose the Xcode to install the package.

Step 1 Check if git is already installed.

git -- version

Step 2 Download and install git

https://git-scm.com/download/mac

Step 3 Sign up and create an account on GitHub

https://github.com/

Step 4 Configure github email and username to git.

git config --global user.email "yourGitHub@email.com"
git config --global user.name "GitHub username"

Step 5 Create/Get into project file - tracking

Take the “gitproject” folder on desktop as example

cd desktop/gitproject

Step 6 Commands

git init
git status
git add (the file you want to upload)
git commit -m "description"

Step 7 Deploy to gitHub

git remote add origin https://github.com/JessiePen/GitProject.git  (location of your project)
git push -u origin master