• Git

Git is a free, open-source version control software.

• Then what is github?

Github is a git repository system where we host our files.

• Let's install git

All the installation process based on windows in this post

Go to https://git-scm.com/download/win

Download 64 or 32 bit version acording to your system.

And install them with default settings.

• Now open terminal in project folder on your IDE or in Windows Terminal

Powershell recommended

type:

git --version

If it shows something like this then all looks good

git version 2.31.1.windows.1

• Now create a repository on GitHub

  • Login into github or signup for first time

add user name and email on your git by using this command:

git config --global user.name "your name"
git config --global user.email "youremail@example.com"

• Get back to github

click on plus icon top-right of page and hit on New Repository

give it a name and click Create Repository

Copy the repository path

• In terminal use these command:

First initialize git into project

git init

Check files are listed

git status

Commit the code files

git commit -m "initial commit"

Add files to main branch

git branch -M main

Now add your remote repository link

git remote add origin https://github.com/yourName/project-name.git

With this final command push your code form local repository to github

git push origin master