step-2.md

Step 2

Initialize, add, and commit

• Head over to your command line and run these commands.

$ mkdir "[the name of your repository]"
$ cd "[the name of your repository]"
$ echo "# something cool here" >> README.md
$ git init
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "[write a message here]"

• What's going on??
  • mkdir creates a new directory with a specified name
  • cd changes directories and goes into the directory of the specified name
  • The third line creates a new file called README.md and enters "# something cool here" in it
  • git init creates a local repository in the directory you're in
  • git add . adds all the files in the directory to your repo
  • git commit -m "first commit" commits the changes you made locally

Remotes and push!

• Next, look for something which says Quick setup - if you've done this kind of thing before
• Under that, you'll see a two buttons which say HTTPS and SSH. Make sure HTTPS is selected
• Next, copy the link next to it
• Go back to your command line and run the following

$ git remote add origin [paste the link you copied]
$ git push origin master

• What's going on??
  • The link you copied is the link to your remote repository
  • origin is the name of the name of your remote. You don't always have to name is origin but it is the convention
  • The second line pushes the changes you made locally on to your remote repository using the remote origin
  • master is the name of branch you will be pushing to.