Preface

This could be a guidance, for git beginner, as well.

Table of Content


An article Rewritten

I have been working with git, for this my personal blog, for use with a single computer. Now, I have moved on from working with standalone single computer, to works anywhere, anytime.

I did once upon a time, wrote an article covering git for single computer.

Now, let’s forget about it, and write a whole new article from scratch. There are just a few steps, for git beginner, Each with figure:

  • Create Repository: Create a github repository.

  • First Computer: Push your first commit, with first computer.

  • Refresh Browser: Refresh browser, to see if you are succeed.

  • Second Computer: Pull your newly repo, with second computer, and make a change.

  • Back to First Computer: Pull altered repo, with first computer.

This is about moving from single.

Single Life (Edisi Jomblo)

1: Create Repository

Push your first commit, with first computer.

You have to do it manually. Create a github account. And then create a repository, let’s name it anycode.

You should see the result as below:

github: Create Account

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.


2: First Computer

Push your first commit, with first computer.

Just follow this step, common guidance from github itself. Create a directory with any name, let’s say anycode as our working directory.

% cd githublab 

% mkdir anycode

% cd anycode

% touch README.md

% geany README.md

% git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/epsi/githublab/anycode/.git/

git CLI: First Computer

Consider create a file README.md with content anything in your mind.

% git add README.md

% git status
On branch master

Initial commit

Changes to be committed:
  (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage)

	new file:   README.md

% git commit -m 'I love you, honey!'
[master (root-commit) 6119e49] I love you, honey!
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README.md

While we see the word origin, as a named remote repository, scattered in most tutorial. Actually you can name it anything you want, such as cinta.

Cinta is the word Love in Indonesia

% git remote add cinta https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode.git

% git push --set-upstream cinta master
Username for 'https://github.com': epsi-rns
Password for 'https://epsi-rns@github.com': 
Counting objects: 3, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 270 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from cinta.

It means we push to the remote named cinta, specifically to master branch.

Shout it loud!


3: Refresh Browser

Refresh browser, to see if you are succeed.

Consider check the result in github (on the internet cloud). You should see the result as below:

github: Refresh Browser


4: Second Computer

Pull your newly repo, with second computer, and make a change.

Now move to other computer. Or for testing, just use other directory. Create a directory with any name, let’s say mycode as our newly working directory.

All you have to do is pull. again we do not need to use the word origin. You can name it anything you want, such as rindu.

Rindu is Indonesian word for Missing You

% mkdir mycode

% cd mycode

% git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/epsi/githublab/mycode/.git/

% git remote add rindu https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode

% git remote --verbose
rindu	https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode (fetch)
rindu	https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode (push)

% git pull rindu master
remote: Counting objects: 3, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
remote: Total 3 (delta 0), reused 3 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (3/3), done.
From https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode
 * branch            master     -> FETCH_HEAD
 * [new branch]      master     -> rindu/master
 % ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 epsi users 56 Jan 23 03:10 README.md

git CLI: Second Computer

Consider make some changes. Commit it with description such as beli bunga. And push to the github (on the internet cloud).

Beli bunga, means buy flower

% geany README.md

% touch TO-DO.md

% geany TO-DO.md

% git add --all

% git commit -m 'TO DO: Beli Bunga'
[master 5c517cc] TO DO: Beli Bunga
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 TO-DO.md
 % git push -u rindu master
Username for 'https://github.com': epsi-rns
Password for 'https://epsi-rns@github.com': 
Counting objects: 4, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (4/4), 370 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 4 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode
   6119e49..5c517cc  master -> master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from rindu.

You should also see changes in your browser.

Shout it loud. Again!


5: Back to First Computer

Pull altered repo, with first computer.

Now consider, going back to the first computer, the anycode directory, to see if we can get the latest changes, from the github (on the internet cloud).

All you need is to pull.

% cd anycode

% git pull
remote: Counting objects: 4, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
remote: Total 4 (delta 0), reused 4 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Unpacking objects: 100% (4/4), done.
From https://github.com/epsi-rns/anycode
   6119e49..5c517cc  master     -> cinta/master
Updating 6119e49..5c517cc
Fast-forward
 README.md | 2 +-
 TO-DO.md  | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 TO-DO.md

git CLI: Back to First Computer

Local repository in your first computer has been updated.

% ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 epsi users 70 Jan 23 04:06 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1 epsi users 18 Jan 23 04:06 TO-DO.md

6: Enable SSH

To enable SSH. Use this URL guidance:

And do not forget to change the origin, from https protocol to git.

$ git remote add origin git@github.com:epsi-rns/anycode.git

Conclusion

This is not about single computer, this is about single life.

I wish I could say loud

That’s all.

Thank you for reading