Gitlab Push – Community Dev

Navigating to your Project Directory: Before using Git, navigate to your project directory:

Initialize Git Repository: Once you’re in the project directory, run the following command to initialize a Git repository:

Go to the repository we want to contribute to on GitHub.
Click the Fork button at the top right.
Once forked, navigate to your GitHub profile and open the forked repository

Copy URL: Then a copy of real repository will be created in your local repository. After that, we have to copy the URL from your local repo. For doing that click to code and copy the URL.

Create a folder on your desktop where you want to store the project files.
Open Git Bash and navigate to the newly created folder using the cd command:

Copy the repository URL from GitHub.
In Git Bash, type the following command and press Enter

The repository will be cloned into your desktop folder, making the project files available on your system.

This command displays the current state of your working directory, indicating whether files are untracked, staged, or committed. Files in red are untracked or modified but not staged, while files in green are staged and ready to be committed.

To track a file or prepare changes for commit:

To add all changes:

Files displayed in green are staged but not yet committed. To commit these changes, use: