5Git inside Brackets

In this section I will do the following:

1. Create an empty remote repository using GitHub

2. Make a local copy (clone) of the repository using Brackets-Git

3. Populate the local repository with an example project

4. Update the GitHub repository by pushing the local changes to it

Here we go:

Go to the GitHub website and login to your account (the one you created in § 4.1). This will take you to your newsfeed page, mine looks like Figure 5.9.

Figure 5.9   My GitHub newsfeed page

We already have a repository (lab-1st-repo) that we made in the last section, but I’m going to make a new one. I’m going to call it:

lab-brackets-git

To do this, click either the start a project button (highlighted) or the new repository button (they both do the same).

Either option will move you to the Create a new repository page. I’m going to select the following options (Table 5.1 and Figure 5.10):

	PROPERTY	VALUE
	Repository name	lab-brackets-git
	Description	A repository to demonstrate how to use the brackets-git extension for the Brackets text editor
	Public/private	Public
	Initialise with README	Ticked (selected)
	Add .gitignore	None
	Add a license	None
	Table 5.1   lab-brackets-git settings

Figure 5.10   GitHub—Create a new repository

Click create repository and, just like last time, it will automatically open the repository page:

Figure 5.11   GitHub—lab-brackets-git repository page