Basic Git commands. Developers who worked with Git 10 years ago would use the same set of basic git commands today, such as the following: git init to create a repository.; git clone to copy a remote ...

Local GitHub Desktop client use. You can use the GitHub Desktop client locally without connecting to a remote repository. The repository explorer page provides a Create New Repository option that ...

If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack Wallen believes the GitHub Desktop app is the perfect tool for the job.

Using GitHub to host dotfiles allows for easy sharing and collaboration. Dotfiles are an accessible, powerful way of configuring your ...

It's all about Git, the "version control" software on which GitHub is based. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, created Git in 2005 as a better way to build Linux.