1- From Git Bash, navigate to the folder containing your files:

e.g. cd C:/Users/Rodol/Documents/Max\ 7/Max_on_Github

2 – Initialise your folder and content for Git management. This will create a hidden .git folder in your specified folder (in my case Max_On_Github:  git init

=> CONGRATS! YOUR FIRST GIT FOLDER IS NOW SETUP

ANd Now?

 – check the status for this repository:  git status

=> Should reply with “On branch main ”  and “No commits yet” if you just installed and congifured Git.

=> the git status shows also in my case “1 untracked file” in red  and “nothing added” as my folder contains 1 file.So git does not care about these files yet.

To “ADD” or track a new file do: git add filename         

in my case if i Add my only file mentionned above and do git status again, I will have a new line saying “Change to be commited” with the filename in green, and no more untracked files in Red.

To “Remove” or untrack a new file do: git rm –cached filename

To track all files except ignored files in a .git Folder:   git add .      

Now your files are on staging  are ready to COMMIT your tracked files

COMMIT is like creating a snapshot of your tracked files in time order, so that you can travel to your files version history

COMMIT PRINCIPE to commit all a Folder content from the Folder location in GIt Bash:

git commit -m “Comment about this commit”

e.g. git commit -m “First commit – committing all files to the repository”

You can check other options now, among which the git log command described from git –help that will list you commits and comments by dates,

cUse the commands 

git config -h // to open help

git help +  Command:     e.g. githelp config                          // to open config commands  infos manual

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1) You need to create a specific hidden file name .gitignore from a  text editor.

2) You need to set commands in the files depending on the files to hide

For instance, to remove any file .txt (with a comment line for better practice ) do:

 #ignore all .txt files

*.txt

 Github is sort of a social media platfrom where you can store and share you repositories, i.e. you git floders.
Gitlab is an open source equivalent, but as GitHub is more populaar in the professionnal world, I will focuse here on detailing the basics for using GitHub.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRZGeaHPoaw @32’36

Why doing this?
– To work in collaboration with other people and associated tools by sharing private project repositores 
– TO have a BACKUP of your local folder

So far you used a local repository (i.e. a git enables folder in your computer)
But you can do the same for free in a cloud on github or gitlab.
1) GO th github.com and create an account.

 2) Connect to your new account and you can create your first repo:
– enter a name for the repo- opt. enter a description

– setup private / public settings
– check other optionnal options

=> Clic on create repository

=> Once done, the next page will show a quick setup guide explaining how to push your local repository to github, or do other on create manipulations.

 3) Import your local files

 = from the quick setup guide showing up after the github repo creation,  copy/paste the following commands in your bash or cmd terninal (windows):
a) connect to distant github:  git remote add origin http//your_github_repo_page_name

b) specify branch to send: git branch -M main

c) push the local content to github: git push -u origin main

4) You’re done. Check result by clicking to your github repo content

Example:

git remote add origin https://github.com/RodolpheKoehly/PLK-MINI-MAPS-2024.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main