Commands for pushing updates

• From the directory, open a terminal and run the following commands:

git add --all

git commit -m "commit message, a description explaining why a particular change was made"

git push origin [branch]

for example, if you want to push to the master branch:

git push origin master

Useful commands

• Clone the online repository to the current directory

git clone [url]

• Pull changes from a brnach

git pull origin [branch]

• To see all the changes, or to see on which branch your are

git status

• To change to a different (must commit all changes before switching to a different branch):

git checkout [branch] 

Tips:

Creating a repository

Create it from GitHub, then clone it on your machine. If you have exsisting files, copy and paste them inside the cloned repository. Then do git push ...

Discard local changes:

An easy way to do it is by deleting the repository on the computer (delete the folder) and reclone it again.

Creating a branch

Easier to do it from GitHub, create a branch there, and pull the changes using git pull ...

Understanding GitHub workflow

Follow this link. It shows you how to utilize GitHub and how to effectively use it for team work.