Git

Git & GitHub

Start here once your project template compiles locally.

Preparation

Step 1

Install Git and set the basic identity you will reuse across projects.

Step 2

Prepare the GitHub account you will use for repositories and collaboration.

Step 3

Set the Git identity VS Code will use and know what to do if GitHub asks for browser sign-in.

Step 4

Create the first empty private repository before you bring in the local project.

Step 5

Choose a clone workflow and open the copied repository in VS Code.

Topic 1

Check what changed before you stage, commit, or push.

Topic 2

Repeat one clean sync loop so local work and remote history stay aligned.

Topic 3

Understand tracked, modified, staged, and committed states well enough to stay calm.

Topic 4

Resolve same-file text conflicts without panic and return to the normal loop.

Optional

Use VS Code Source Control to stash or discard local changes.

Optional

Recover committed work, undo local mistakes, and return safely to a known Git state.

Optional

Exclude files and folders when you push to GitHub.

Once daily Git workflows are stable, continue to shared repository collaboration.