🚀Day 9 Task: Deep Dive in Git & GitHub for DevOps Engineers.

👉🏼 What is Git and why is it important?

Git is a distributed version control system (VCS). It's designed to manage and track changes to source code, allowing multiple contributors to collaborate on a project while maintaining a history of all changes made over time.

Here's why Git is important:

1. Version Control: Git allows developers to track changes to their codebase over time. This enables them to revert to previous versions of the code, identify when and by whom specific changes were made, and collaborate on code without fear of losing work.

2. Collaboration: Git facilitates collaborative development by enabling multiple developers to work on the same project simultaneously. Each developer can make changes in their own "branch" of the code, and these changes can be merged when they are ready.

3. Branching and Merging: Git allows for easy branching, which means creating separate lines of development that can be worked on independently. This is valuable for trying out new features, fixing bugs, or experimenting without affecting the main codebase. Merging allows these separate branches to be combined once their changes are ready.

4. Code History: Git maintains a complete history of all changes made to the codebase. This is valuable for understanding how the project has evolved, tracking down the source of bugs, and reviewing the work of contributors.

5. Backup and Recovery: With a distributed VCS like Git, every contributor has a complete copy of the repository. This provides a form of backup, reducing the risk of data loss. If a central server goes down, developers can continue working using their local copies and later synchronize their changes when the server is back online.

6. Open Source Development: Git has been widely adopted by the open-source community, making it easier for people from around the world to contribute to projects. Platforms like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket provide a space for hosting Git repositories and facilitating collaboration.

7. Facilitates Code Reviews: Git's branching and merging capabilities make it easier to conduct code reviews. Developers can create pull requests or merge requests, allowing others to review changes before they are merged into the main codebase.

8. Workflow Flexibility: Git doesn't enforce a strict workflow, allowing teams to adopt processes that suit their needs. Different branching strategies, like Gitflow or GitHub Flow, can be used to manage development.

👉🏼 What is the difference Between Main Branch and Master Branch?

📕The main difference between the "main branch" and the "master branch" is primarily the terminology used to refer to the default branch in a Git repository. The concept and functionality of the default branch remain the same regardless of whether it's called "main" or "master." It serves as the starting point for the development of a project, and other branches can be created and merged from it.

👉🏼 What is the difference between Git and GitHub?

📕Git is the core technology that handles version control, change tracking, and collaboration within a codebase, and it operates locally on a developer's machine. On the other hand, GitHub is a web-based platform that provides tools for hosting Git repositories remotely, facilitating collaboration, and enhancing the software development workflow. While Git is essential for version control, GitHub enhances collaboration by providing features and tools to streamline the process of working with Git repositories in a team setting.

👉🏼 How do you create a new repository on GitHub?

Steps:

1. Sign in to GitHub: If you don't have an account, you'll need to sign up for one. If you already have an account, log in.

1. Access Your Dashboard: Once you're logged in, you'll be taken to your dashboard. If you're on the GitHub homepage, you can click on your profile picture in the top right corner and then select "Your repositories" to access your repositories.

1. Create a New Repository: On the "Your repositories" page, click the green "New" button located on the right side.

2. Set Up Repository Options: You'll be taken to the "Create a new repository" page. Here, you'll need to provide some information:

• Repository Name: Enter a name for your repository.

• Description: Optionally, provide a brief description of your project.

• Visibility: Choose whether your repository should be public (visible to everyone) or private (visible only to you and collaborators you invite).

• Initialize this repository with a README: If you select this option, GitHub will automatically create a README file in the repository. This is helpful to provide an initial overview of your project.

• Add .gitignore: You can select a template for your project's .gitignore file. This helps exclude specific files or directories from being tracked by Git.

• Add a license: You can choose a license for your project to specify how others can use your code.

1. Create Repository: Once you've filled in the necessary information, click the green "Create Repository" button.

2. Once you click "Create Repository" go to the dashboard and check your repository.

👉🏼 What is the difference between local & remote repositories?

👉🏼How to connect local to remote?

Connecting Local to Remote Repository: To connect your local repository to a remote repository, follow these steps using GitHub as an example:

1. Create a Remote Repository on GitHub

2. Copy Remote Repository URL: On your GitHub repository page, click the "Code" button to reveal the repository's URL. You can choose between HTTPS or SSH, depending on your authentication preferences.

Add Remote Origin: In your local repository, open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the repository's directory. Then, use this command to add the remote repository URL as the "origin":

git remote add origin <remote_repository_url>

Replace <remote_repository_url> with the actual URL you copied.

📕Now, your local repository is connected to the remote repository. You can use Git commands like git pull and git push to sync your work between local and remote repositories. For HTTPS, you'll need to authenticate with your remote repository (GitHub); for SSH, ensure you've set up SSH keys for authentication.

📚Tasks

Task 1: Set your user name and email address, which will be associated with your commits.

Setting User Name: Open a terminal or command prompt and use the following command to set your user name:

git config --global user.name "nikul"

Setting Email Address: Use the following command to set your email address:

git config --global user.email "youremail@example.com"

Task 2:

1. Create a repository named "Devops" on GitHub

   Solution: Check the above section 👉🏼 How do you create a new repository on GitHub

2. Connect your local repository to the repository on GitHub.

   Solution: Check the above section 👉🏼How to connect local to remote?

3. Create a new file in Devops/Git/Day-02.txt & add some content to it

added content to Day-02.txt

Push your local commits to the repository on Git.

git add Day-02.txt
git commit -m "added content"
git push origin main

🌟 Conclusion:

Congratulations! 🎉

Git is an essential tool ⚙️ for developers 👨🏻‍💻to manage their code, collaborate effectively, and maintain a detailed record of their project's development history. It's widely used across the software industry and has become a standard tool for version control and collaborative coding.

GitHub 😸 is a web-based platform where developers can collaborate, contribute, and showcase their coding skills.

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