Github

• How to push an existing git repository to GitHub?
  • Assuming your ssh key and user is already setup.
  • 1. create the GitHub repository
  • 1. Initialize your git local repository if you have not done so
  • 1. Add github as a remote repository: git remote add origin git@github.com:your-username/your-repo-name.git
  • 1. Push local commits to GitHub main branch: git push -u origin main
• How to setup README, .gitignore, and GitHub Actions
  • A readme file is just a markdown file in the root of your repository. It contains a description of your project.
  • The purpose of the gitignore file is to prevent sensitive information from being commited to your github repository. Examples: logs, local files, compiled binaries etc..)
  • Here is some examples of what you can add to your gitignore:

# Compiled source
*.class
*.o
*.so

# Logs
*.log

# OS junk
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db

# Node/Ruby/Python package stuff
node_modules/
vendor/
.env
__pycache__/
*.pyc

• GitHub Actions are part of your CD/CI pipeline. This automates testing and deployment when push and pull requests are made. These are project specific.