Github is hard. IDK why. here’s a nice annotated summary of the most vital command-line commands so you can start contributing without screwing things up.
Get a github repo: git clone [repo]
Pushing to a repo:
git status
git add . OR git add [files]
git commit -m "[message]"
git pushCreating a new repo - no clue. do it remotely, on the website. The only local way to do it is using the api or third-party tools/scripts…
git clone [url]: Initializes local github repository from remote. Creates a folder with .git, the repo name and repo contents. <“I want your code”>
git add . OR git add [files]: Indicates which files you wish to commit. (‘.’ means current directory) Adds up your changes. <“These files are done now”>
git commit -m [message]: Takes ’add’ed files and assigns a message to them [so the repo owner knows what was changed and why]. <“I am done making changes now”>
Sidenote: git add . && git commit -m [message] can be replaced by git commit -am [message]
git push: Syncs changes to remote repo. <“here, have my code”>
git status: Check what needs updating. <“whats going on?”>
if there are updates then -> git pull: Updates local from remote if there are changes <“Give me your code”>
Search up any errors with your favorite search engine.
if you screw up a repo: git reset --hard
if you just mess with github enough, break enough repositories, you’ll get used to it
THE END. Go on and contribute to the open source community! Good luck!