Welcome
Welcome to the GitHub Help site. Here we have compiled many guides to help you set up and use git and GitHub.
Use the sidebar on the right side of this site to access our guides!
If you would like to submit your own guides, please fork our repo and send pull requests to tekkub
Getting started with Git and GitHub
Getting up and running from scratch is easy:
- Take a quick crash course on git
- Install Git
- Generate a keypair – If you have troubles
- Set your user and email in git
- Create a repo or fork an existing repo
After you’ve created a repo you will presented with the commands necessary to create a new empty repo locally, push an existing local repo, or import an SVN repo.
If you are collaborating on someone else’s repo, you can clone the repo using the command git clone git@github.com:username/reponame.git. You can find this clone URL in the repo’s header when viewing its source page.
To learn more about git’s commands, we highly recommend you check out GitRef, the Pro Git book and the git man pages. If you need help or have any questions, feel free to contact support or ask the community.
Popular guides
- Forking a project
- How to fork a project, submit changes, and pull from other repos in the fork network
- Generating SSH keys
- How to generate SSH keys and add them to GitHub
- Common issues and questions
- Solutions to the most common issues and answers to common questions
- Troubleshooting SSH issues
- Solutions to common SSH issues
- Setting user name, email and GitHub token
- Configure your local git installation so that commits are linked to your GitHub account
- Removing sensitive data
- Dealing with accidentally committed passwords or other sensitive information
Getting help
There are a number of resources available to help you learn git or fix issues with GitHub:
GitHub
- GitHub Support – Resolve issues with GitHub or get help with basic git issues.
- Contact GitHub – This is your direct line to us.
- GitHub Google Group – Ask the community for help
- GitHub Status – Is GitHub down, or is it just me?
Git
- Pro Git – The greatest book on git, by GitHub’s very own Scott Chacon. Available online for free.
- git-scm – The official git website.
- git man pages – In-depth documentation for every git command.
- git user’s manual – Concepts and workflows.
- git ready – Tips and hints for using git.