Git and GitHubLesson 18Free preview

GitHub Get Started

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Summary

A remote is a copy of a repository that is on a server, for example on GitHub. To connect it to a local repository, create a new repository on GitHub and add the remote with the git remote add. The main remote's nickname is origin, and the first push usually uses the git push -u origin play.

Key points

A new repository is created by using the New repository button on GitHub.
Git remote add origin <url> associates remote with the name origin
The remote URL can be either HTTPS or SSH
First: git -u origin play

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