Git - https://git-scm.com/downloads
Once you have created your GitHub account and accepted the assignment, you need to clone your repository. Cloning just means you are copying the repository from GitHub to the computer you want to work on.
So, if your repository is here:
https://github.com/PurchaseCollege/socket-programming-yourgitusername
On your computer, from the command line, do:
git clone https://github.com/PurchaseCollege/socket-programming-yourgitusername.git
cd socket-programming-yourgitusername
Now you are in your project folder.
Git allows you to track changes in your code as you work. It also allows you to go back in time to a previous version of your code, or simply see what has changed over the course of developemnt.
Git uses a three tier model.
Files are in one of three states:
Commited (in the repository)
Staged (waiting to be committed to the repository)
Working (changed, but not staged yet)
Check Changes:
git status - see what files have been modified or are untracked
git log - see the log of what has been committed
git ls-files - see what files are in the git repository
Stage and Commit Changes:
git add filename - add a file to the staging area
git commit -m "I changed some things!" - commit all changed files in the staging area to your repository.
Rollback Changes:
git checkout -- filename - revert unstaged changes back to the last commit
git reset HEAD filename - remove a file from the staging area
Git uses a 3 tier model. That is, when you are working you essentially save and commit your changes to your repository.
Go to my project directory:
cd socket-programming-yourgitusername
Do some work:
... make some edits to a file, e.g. simple_server.py...
... test that the code works ...
Add the file to the staging area:
git add simple_server.py
Commit the file:
git commit -m "fixed a bug in simple_server.py"
Now, at this point you are done, but you need to git push so that the
repository you have locally gets sent to your GitHub!
Push to GitHub
git push -u origin master