Git and GitHub¶

Common Git commands¶

Description	Command
Clone a remote repository from GitHub to your local computer	`git clone <url of Github repository>`
Check the status of the local repository	`git status`
Add a file to the staging area	`git add <FILENAME>`
Commit staged file to the version control history	`git commit -m "message with info about the changes"`
Push the changes in the local repository to the remote repository on GithHub	`git push`
Pull changes from the remote repository on GitHub to the local repository	`git pull`
View the commit history	`git log`

Software Carpentry lessons on version control with Git
The Turing Way on Git
The Turing Way on GitHub
Happy Git and GitHub for the useR (This is tailored to users of R, but much of the content is of general interest.)
See here on how to ensure your Github fork is up to date