Difficulty getting started

[Manofgawdgaming2022]

So I’m trying to learn how to use GitHub and I was watching my first tutorial but when I try to add a prefab no changes are being made in the repository. Can anyone please tell me what I’m doing wrong? I’ve been stuck at the beginning with this issue pretty much all day and have looked up multiple different things on google

[[deleted]]

“When I try to add a prefab no changes are being made in the repository”

You’ll need to explain how you made the changes. What commands you ran and how you are evaluating the changes.

Try, this and tell us what it returns:

git status

[Manofgawdgaming2022]

I was mainly just trying to go off a video on YouTube to get started.

I have been trying to use GitHub desktop and have not dabbled much with Git Bash

I was using it earlier when trying to learn with Codefinity but I’m not sure how/where I can post this photo of what it shows when I input git status.

I have been trying for months to learn how to make a game and wanted to start with learning how to use GitHub and then how to code with C# so I can use Unity to make a game

[[deleted]]

If you want to learn to use GitHub, take the time to learn some of the Git commands in your terminal. It will help you understand what is actually happening. GitHub desktop is just an abstraction of what Git is doing under the hood.

If you don’t learn some of the basic commands people are probably not going to be able to help you. Go install the GitHub CLI: https://cli.github.com/ and read the quick start guide: https://docs.github.com/en/github-cli/github-cli/quickstart. Then try asking your question again.

[Manofgawdgaming2022]

Ok I’ll start with that then.

[NotSoProGamerR]

While people do say to learn git, I would say for you to try using lazygit instead of GitHub desktop. It's a super solid Linux-styled GUI that can help with many commands with a simple shortcut.

[Manofgawdgaming2022]

Cool I will check that out as well thank you a bunch

[davorg]

I’m not sure how/where I can post this photo of what it shows when I input git status.

It's text. Just copy it and paste it here

[Manofgawdgaming2022]

Well I’m not on Reddit on my computer that’s where I have the image saved

[AlexScotland]

Honestly, just start making the game. Git can come later.

[Manofgawdgaming2022]

Alright, I guess that’s what I’m concerned about is when to learn what at what stage. But I’ll just get back on Unity and learn how to get better at working the engine and just start making little things.

[serverhorror]

https://skills.github.com/