Basic Git Workflow

Learn the absolute minimum Git workflow:

change something → save it → send it to GitHub

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📁 Task Instructions

1. Create a local folder

• On your Desktop, create a new folder named: task3-yourName

2. Create a file

• Inside the folder, create a file named README.md

• Add the following content:

My name is: <your Discord username>

3. Create a GitHub repository

• Go to the Team organization

• Create a new private repository

• Use the same name as your folder:

task3-yourName

4. Push your first commit

• Initialize Git locally

• Add the file

• Commit your changes

• Push the project to the GitHub repository

💡 Only committed changes are pushed to GitHub.

5. Make a second change

• After the first push:

  • Create a new file named index.js

  • The file can be empty

• Add, commit, and push this change again

✅ Expected result

• Repo exists on GitHub

• Both files are visible:

  • README.md

  • index.js

• Commit history shows 2 commit

🧠 What you will learn

• How to initialize a Git repository

• The basic Git workflow:

  • add → commit → push

• The difference between local files and GitHub (remote)

Open task on GitHub →Start the Git task ✓

Deadline: 24 Dec 2025 08:30 PM

Local

Bash

GitHub