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Get Started with Git

What is Git?

Summary - Intro to git demo 2/9/19

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Now is the time for all good Gits to come to the aide of their Bash

How can technical writers use git

companies are using git for writing, editing and documentation collaboration In 2014 Larry Ulman wrote: Git is a valuable tool for technical writers.

Git is a valuable tool for technical writers.

https://www.larryullman.com/2014/12/01/git-for-technical-writers/

Example 1. wiley

Example 2. collab

Create a GitHub account

Please be aware similar Gitlab instructions - if that is a preference.

  1. Go to Github.com.

  2. Create an account.

  3. Go to the workshop repo https://github.com/foss-style/

Fork repo

What this means: To fork a repo is to make a copy under your username How

Clone locally

What this means: To clone a repo is to save a complete copy of the repo locally to your machine. Why would you want to? How? (git profile and .gitignore - briefly)

Hands on Clone

Work on files in the local repo

git status

git add .

git commit -m "this text"

git push origin master

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