Here is the cheat sheet for Daily Updates.
Once the project is set up and linked to GitHub, you will repeat these 4 steps every time you make changes to your code.
The "Save & Upload" Routine
1. Navigate to your project folder:
Bash
cd ~/path/to/your/project
2. Stage your changes:(This tells Git: "Get these new/changed files ready to be saved.")
Bash
git add .
3. Commit your changes:(This creates a checkpoint in history. Always write a message describing what you did.)
Bash
git commit -m "Added login feature"
4. Push to GitHub:(This uploads the commit to the cloud.)
git push
Optional (But Good Habits)
- Check what changed before adding:If you want to see which files you modified before running git add:
git status
- If you get an error saying "Updates were rejected":This usually means you (or someone else) changed files on GitHub directly (like editing the README on the website). You need to download those changes first:
git pull
Then try git push again.