GitHub - Source Control

Table of Contents

• General Concept
• Steps
• Resources

General Concept

• version-control system: a system to control many versions of files or directories

  

• git: an open source, distributed version-control system
• GitHub: a platform for hosting and collaborating on Git repositories
• repository: place to track files for the project Git Basics - Getting a Git Repository
• clone: a local version of a repository, including all commits and branches
• Git client: a software to interact with a Git repository. Common clients are:
  • VS Code integrated source control management
  • GitHub Desktop
  • GitKraken

Steps

1. Register a GitHub account
2. Use GitHub Pages to publish a static website