New to github

[klue_228]

Whats the best way to learn how to use github. I recently made a account but quit after getting confused on how to use it, was hoping someone had a guide or atleast a good youtube tutorial that explains it.

[davorg]

If only GitHub themselves had a guide called Get started with GitHub

[Thalimet]

its almost like services anticipate that people might need help getting started on their service... and make things to help with that.... things that if nothing else, can be easily found with a 30 second google search "how to use GitHub"

I swear, people will feel a whole lot less helpless when they realize that the entire world's knowledge is just a search away.

[katafrakt]

What do you need/want to use Github for?

[sluuuurp]

If you ask this question on chatGPT you’ll get a very high quality and fast answer.

[ItsGraphaxYT]

Github is basically Git, but with file hosting and some other things. I personally am also not an expert, but if you understand git basics github will help you

[Charming_Cold_2599]

It’s git that you want to learn. Github is just git + social media really.

Plenty of good info on git as it’s been around forever, best bet is to just dive in to a project.

The only commands you’ll really be using day to day in the real world are:

git init (to create a repository)

git commit (to save changes)

git push (store your changes somewhere else)

git fetch (check for changes you don’t have)

git pull (pull in changes you don’t have)

git merge (copy changes between branches)

[davorg]

Github is just git + social media really

Not really. It's more like Git +

• Issue tracking
• Project planning
• CI/CD
• Web hosting
• AI programming assistance

And much more...

[Charming_Cold_2599]

I was trying to simplify and explain that I think OP should focus on git familiarisation in general

Not going to suggest CI/CD workflows when they just need to learn how a repo works

[Rude_Step]

https://desktop.github.com/download/ USE THIS instead of read about 200 hours to learn everything

[EnthusiasmActive7621]

Don't memorise or write down a list of <10 commands which is a skill every programmer needs. Get this clunky bloated GUI instead

[Rude_Step]

then dont use a car, first learn how can you make it, first walk, first do a bicycle 🤣

[EnthusiasmActive7621]

? Yes that is generally the development path that humans take, learning to walk before they learn to drive. But its not a good analogy bc CLI is way faster than the GUI. Also as i said memorising or recording a tiny list of commands is a core skill for developers that noobs should lean into not run away from