Git.02 Use SmartGit as git client

1. Install SmartGit

• download SmartGit from https://www.syntevo.com/smartgit/, chose the version match your operating system

• for windows, it will download a zip file, please open it and run the setup.exe file with Extract All.

• Chose No-commercial license during you install the SmartGit

  • Install SmartGit step by step

2. Create a repository in your github account

• In your github home page, click the create new icon or click Start a project button

• Input your name of project, and create your first repository

• go to you repository page, ex https://github.com/{youracctname}/myproject, get the Clone url

3. SmartGit Clone your new project repository

• In SmartGit, Repository -> Clone

• If you copy the url, the url will auto loaded to the Remote repository

• click next

• chose your project position

4. Add your code to the Working folder

• Add some code to your working folder, it will show on the working Tree

• You could select the file you want to stage, and click stage button

• You also could skip the Stage step, can commit what you selected for commint

• After commit, the committed files change will not on the Working Tree

5. Push you change to the remote

• There are Pull, Sync, Push button on the top of the manual bar

  • Pull is get change from remote to local
  • Sync is to make local and remote same, both have latest change
  • Push is just send you local change to remote server
• First time you push the code to remote github, you will be asking username and password
  • for security reason, you should not use your password here, you could create a personal access token and use it as password create a personal access token
    

• If you need remove saved credential, got to menu ->Edit ->Preference,remove the github item

  

• After click Sync or Push, your local committed code will show on the github