GitHub Essential Training: 1 The Basics

Learn how to get up and running with the basics of GitHub, the industry-standard tool for collaborating on code that enhances the modern software pipeline.

Introduction

• Enhance your GitHub skills

1. Introduction to GitHub CLI

• What is GitHub CLI?
• Installing GitHub command line locally
• Create a repo with GitHub CLI
• Read or view your repo from the command line
• Cloning repos with GitHub CLI
• Fork a repo from CLI
• Delete a repo
• Looking at the issue list
• Opening the browser with GitHub CLI

2. Recharged Repos

• What is a repo?
• Making a repo in the browser
• Making repo in codespaces
• Setting up your repo for success
• Profile README repository

3. GitHub Project Board

• What are GitHub project boards?
• Create a project board
• View and edit your project board
• Managing Items
• Understanding fields
• Customize your views
• Copy your project board
• Managing the project board
• Adding project to repo
• Closing and deleting projects

4. Github Issues

• What are Github issues?
• Creating an issue
• Introduction to tasklists
• Link PR to issue
• Create a branch from Issue
• Filter and search issues
• Close and delete issues
• Pin important issues

Conclusion

• Next steps