MY FIRST GITHUB PROJECT

Introduction In this article I will explain my practical experience of creating Git repository,connecting it to GitHub using SSH,commiting my files and pushing the project to a remote repository. Step 1 :Creating My Local Project The first step is to create a folder through file explorer which as the best option for me and name it (my-project) Next step was to open GitBash and run the command cd my- project To open the file directory Step 2 : Initializing Git This is to tell Git that my my-project folder should become a Git repository. To initialize Git I ran the command: git init Step 3:Repository Status Check After initializing Git, I used : git status This command is very useful as it can be used throughout the process it tells what's happening inside my repository. At some point people may encounter: On branch main Nothing to commit, working on a tree clean It could seem like an error,however I learned that this means Git has checked my project and found no changes that need to be committed. Another situation that I encountered is where Git told me that the older my project was already initialized .This taught me to use the command: git status To understand the current status of my project. Step 4:Connecting GitHub Using SSH The next thing I learnt was on how to generate SSH key which will be used to connect my computer securely to GitHub. To generate an SSH key I ran the command: ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com" Under the double quotes use the email used for your GitHub account. Then press entre to save it on the default location. You'll then be told to enter passphrase which is simply a password,create a simple one which you can memorize easily like 1234.Then entre it again when asked. You then start the SSH agent Run; eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" Then add your SSH keyy Run: ssh-add ~/ .ssh/id_ed2559 It will ask you to entre the passphrase you created. Copy your public key y running the command: cat ~ .ssh/id_ed25519 .pub Add the entire line generat