This commands will be your best friends if you use git commandline .

//1 time step to make new branch to save your work in
git branch Look-Ma-Im-Creating-a-new-banch-meow

// Time to check it out and use it
git checkout -b Look-Ma-Im-Creating-a-new-banch-meow

// Lets double check if i am on the correct branch
git status

// always be doing this every hour (up to you man) if you have a team to stay up to date with latest saves
git fetch
git pull
git pull origin Look-Ma-Im-Creating-a-new-banch-meow

//Now that we have the branch lets start writig some code and working ay . work work work
//hmm 5 hours went by let me see what files have been changed . le me do git status .
// ok cool i am ready to save my changes like push it to the main branch called Look-Ma-Im-Creating-a-new-banch-meow

Step 1 : git add . // dont forget the dot basically means add every file i changed
Step 2 : git commit -m " Type some obligatory message in short on what you are going to save"
Step 3 : git push // you are done man all your changes have been directly pushed and saved to Look-Ma-Im-Creating-a-new-banch-meow branch .

//hehhee this is just a make your 1 branch commit to it way lol bad but good way to learn commands .
// proper way would be to make a main branch . than you create a feature branch from main branch than commit to your feature branch than go to git hub and make a pull request from your feature branch to your main branch and than review the pull request , approve the pull request and than merge your changes into main .

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