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1. Introduction<\/h2>\n

In my previous posts<\/a> about Git<\/code>, most of the contents are focusing on local repository operation. So in most of the time, you only need to deal with your local repository and operate on it.<\/p>\n

However, you may not only be involving in local or self operation on you code. You may cooperate with others to work on the same project. Or you may want to involve some interesting projects which are shared by others. Then Github<\/code> should make you be comfortable with all these.<\/p>\n

Basically Github<\/code> is a web-based Git<\/code> repository, which is also called remote repository, compared to the local repository. It provides web-based GUI and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also provides access control and other features for collaboration, such as bug tracking, task management and wikis for every project.<\/p>\n

 
\nAs Github<\/code> provides so many convenience to our developers, it’s important to be familiar with how to interact with it. From the figure below, we know that this can happen. By using command git pull\/clone<\/code> and git push<\/code>, we can download and upload codes\/project from Github<\/code>.<\/p>\n

\"gitflow\"<\/a>
Git repositories<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

In the remote repository, you may also notice that there’ll be multiple different branches. Here you can understand branches as different versions of your project. In this article we’ll focus on how to deal with different branches\/versions in Github<\/code>.<\/p>\n

All the examples below is shown in MacOS EI Capitan Version 10.11.3 and the Git version is 2.5.4.<\/p>\n

2. Github settings<\/h2>\n

To work with Github<\/code>, firstly you need to have a Github<\/code> account. You can register one from the webpage of Github<\/code><\/a>. Also you need to install Git<\/code> on you computer or laptop. The installation instruction could be found on my previous post on git repo example<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then coming back to the Github<\/code> settings. Open the terminal on your computer\/laptop. Then type the following command to make sure that Git<\/code> knows your user name.<\/p>\n

$ git config --global user.name \"YOUR NAME\"\n<\/pre>\n
After this, you need to associate your email address with your Git<\/code> commit. You can use the following command in your terminal to connect them. Here, be sure that the email address is he one that you used for register the Github<\/code> account.<\/p>\n
$ git config --global user.email \"YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS\"\n<\/pre>\n
Next you need to authenticate with Github<\/code> from Git<\/code>. When you want to connect Github<\/code> from your Git<\/code>, you need authentication from Github<\/code>. Two methods could be chosen for this:<\/p>\n