🔒 How to work Github?

[coarse hinge]

Hi! I have been stuck in the hospital for a week, so took the time to make a simple game (admittedly with the help of chat gpt, but typed and debugged everything myself as I feel like that’d help my memory rather than copy and paste)

I made a github account and want to upload my project to get comments from people who know better than I do regarding it, but I can’t figure out how to do so. Would anyone be able to tell me how to do that and possibly review the code?

I annotated as I went to try to get a better understanding of anything new to me (again, with the help of chatgpt so possible that some info is incorrect, so please let me know)

It’s just a small maze game that’s meant to enhance critical thinking, randomly hitting a door that a question has to be correctly answered to get through.

[cunning garden]

@coarse hinge

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[elder pond]

You can use Github just as a place to upload your code but I really recommend learning how to use it as part of your programming workflow

Having said that there is an "Add file" button you can use on the repository main page to upload files directly

but take a look at this if you want to learn more about how to use git itself https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial

although bear in mind that tutorial assumes you're used to using the command line, you might need different sources if you don't want to learn to use it right now

I might be able to point you to better resources if you describe how you write code

[vagrant current]

Yeah the next step would be to download the git command line tool (not GitHub)

[meager mirage]

@coarse hinge

what editor are you using?

[coarse hinge]

Definitely gotta look into it fully as I hear it’s the main thing programmers use for portfolios

[coarse hinge]

I used IDLE

[meager mirage]

IDLE?

[meager mirage]

ok are you using windows?

[coarse hinge]

Yeah, came with Python 3.13

[coarse hinge]

Win 11

[meager mirage]

go to the cmd

[elder pond]

don't forget about this if you just want feedback on your code for now

[coarse hinge]

Like I should be coding in the command prompt?

[meager mirage]

no you can commit to github using the cmd easily using git

[coarse hinge]

Maybe I’m blind, not seeing it

[elder pond]

it should be near the top of the page

[vagrant current]

That code it shows you are commands to type into the command prompt

winkey+r, type cmd, hit enter

[coarse hinge]

Ohh, I thought that was something specifically to do on github so I didn’t even consider windows cmd

[vagrant current]

did you install git?

[coarse hinge]

If it’s into windows cmd, no

is it a pip install?

[meager mirage]

doesent windows have it by default?

[vagrant current]

nope

[vagrant current]

not to my knowledge but maybe??

[meager mirage]

https://www.codemag.com/Article/2201021/The-Basics-of-Git

[coarse hinge]

gitforwindows.org is this the right place?

[meager mirage]

oh wait it is that

both work

gitforwindows is recomended by github

so use that

[coarse hinge]

Ok

[meager mirage]

i use mac so i downloaded here https://git-scm.com/downloads

[coarse hinge]

Downloading now. Hospital wifi is balls lol

[meager mirage]

ok ping me when done

[coarse hinge]

Done, running setup

[wintry stratus]

if you are on windows (and not using WSL for working with your code), yes

[meager mirage]

ok nice!

[coarse hinge]

Should I allow git bash profile to win terminal?

[meager mirage]

just keep the defaults and only change it if you know what it is

[coarse hinge]

Ok

VIM as default editor? Never heard of that but have used notepad++ and that is an option

[meager mirage]

do you have vscode?

[coarse hinge]

Installed yeah, don’t think I’ve used it though

[meager mirage]

bruh

[wintry stratus]

great time to learn now then

[meager mirage]

you should have told me

theres an extension in vscode that you can do easily

[coarse hinge]

I’m a newbie lol. I’ve done random small things with python and html, but never a full on project

[wintry stratus]

vscode will help you a lot more then notepad++ when writing python code

[meager mirage]

and vscode is good

[meager mirage]

sure i understand

[meager mirage]

pycharm is good too

[coarse hinge]

Went through codecademy Python course but book learning is my absolute worst way of learning, so I decided fk this and just started doing stuff

[wintry stratus]

sure, some people like it some not so much, it's up to personal preference

[meager mirage]

i recently switched to vscode and its good but doesnt have the python specific features

[deft spoke]

its great for new users

[coarse hinge]

Really? Feel like both notepad++ and idle have been pretty simple to use

[meager mirage]

vscode is simple too

[wintry stratus]

some people feel that way, personally i think it's over complicated unless you are working on bigger or more complex projects

[meager mirage]

thats what makes it great itd good for small and large scale projects

[wintry stratus]

yeah, i agree, vscode isn't that much more complicated then notepad++ when you have gotten the hang of some basic things

[coarse hinge]

Wait, did we ever decide whether to leave vim as the default editor lol

[wintry stratus]

as i said, i personally don't agree with that at all when it comes to pycharm
but also, it's a personal perference

[wintry stratus]

you probably don't want VIM unless you are used to it

[coarse hinge]

The notes say might be better t use a more modern one

[meager mirage]

yes it is personal preferences

[meager mirage]

put in whatever you use

[wintry stratus]

vim is not very user friendly for new users
even though as a long time linux user i prefer vim in many cases

[coarse hinge]

Finished installing git

Assume now is when I go to command prompt and follow the repository code on github?

[meager mirage]

now type cd path/to/your/folder

[coarse hinge]

The folder where my project is stored correct?

[meager mirage]

yes

[meager mirage]

folder and not file

[coarse hinge]

There now

[meager mirage]

and its the folder that has you .py file

[coarse hinge]

Yup

[meager mirage]

now type git init

[coarse hinge]

Initialized empty

Oh, this is where I follow the github layout?

[meager mirage]

do the commands where it says .....or push an existing repository

[coarse hinge]

Ok

[meager mirage]

and paste the output here

[coarse hinge]

error: src refspec main does not match any
error: failed to push some refs to “address”

After doing the git push -u

[vagrant current]

You can use discord in Chrome, that way you don't have to keep taking photos with your phone

[coarse hinge]

Hospital wifi won’t let it load on laptop for some reason. Tried lol

[meager mirage]

did you do the first command?

[coarse hinge]

Yeah

[meager mirage]

do git push then

[coarse hinge]

Do this upstream thing?

[meager mirage]

type git push

try it

[coarse hinge]

I did, that resulted in that bottom part

[meager mirage]

hmm 1 min

do this git add .

[coarse hinge]

then push?

[vagrant current]

gotta commit too

[meager mirage]

yea i know

[meager mirage]

just do it first then do git push

[coarse hinge]

Same result. Maybe I should be doing the create new repository thing?

[meager mirage]

no

do this git commit -m "Your descriptive commit message here"

and then do this git push origin main

[coarse hinge]

Maybe I’m an idiot lol

[meager mirage]

why?

[meager mirage]

oh youur not logged in into git

git needs that so it can tell who did the commits

[coarse hinge]

Should I follow those config lines or launch git somewhere?

[meager mirage]

git config --global user.name "Username here"

confirm by running this
git config --global user.name

then follow this
https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/setting-up-and-managing-your-personal-account-on-github/managing-email-preferences/setting-your-commit-email-address#setting-your-commit-email-address-on-github

then do this
https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/git-basics/set-up-git#authenticating-with-github-from-git

and then run the commands on github(all of them)

[coarse hinge]

Ok, got through the commit thing, pushing and connect to github popup showed, signing in now

Ok, my project is in the home screen now!

Jesus that felt like a lot lol

[meager mirage]

haha nice now can you close the tread by doing !close

and

you can also do this if you have other projects

[coarse hinge]

I’d just do the git push for each particular project? Or would I save in same folder and it would just replace the ones that already exist?

[meager mirage]

do git push

@coarse hinge

[azure flower]

Apologies if this is confusing but ive kinda tried to explain how you would used git for working on a project but im half asleep atm 🫠 ill add below common git concepts and hopefully it will clear some of this up

a common way to work with git in the future is to start with the empty git init if its a new project, otherwise git clone + [github repository url].git for a local version of the github copy

• Frequency check for updates if others are also collaborating on a project: git fetch or git fetch --set-upstream origin main if first fetch
• Check the status of your work vs the fetched result: git status
• if the results say that your work is behind the remote (i.e, github copy): git pull
• Every time you add a new feature: git add . && git stage .
• When your ready to commit to the feature: git commit -m "your thoughtful description"
  — note this will only add to your local version until you push it but adds a clear debuggable history
• To move those changes into your github: git push

[azure flower]

Common Git Concepts/Terminology

• Branch: Branch: A branch is a separate line of development within the same codebase. It allows you to work on updates or features without affecting the main code. Typically, you'll have a "main" or "master" branch, along with additional branches for specific features, bug fixes, or updates.

• Remote: A remote is a version of your repository hosted elsewhere, often on platforms like GitHub. It allows you to collaborate and back up work.

• Fetch: Retrieves updates from the remote repository and tells you what changes are available, but does not apply them to your local code.

• Pull: Combines fetch and merge. It downloads changes from the remote and updates your local branch with them.

• Merge: Integrates changes from one branch into another. If two branches modify the same code, a conflict may occur, which must be resolved manually.

• Commit: A saved snapshot of your changes with a message describing what was done. It's like creating a checkpoint in your project.

• "Push:" Sends your committed changes from your local repository to the remote repository, making them visible to others.

@coarse hinge I hope that helps you understand how Git works a bit more

[coarse hinge]

I’ll copy and paste and read over this as I get time as well, I appreciate it! Trying to start doing rather than book learning

[azure flower]

No worries 👍

[coarse hinge]

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[cunning garden]

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