# The Odin Project
## How to ask good programming questions
- Be very specific and patient
- use screenshots when available
- ask questions directly instead of asking to ask ie. "are there any java experts around?"

## Git
# Set up Git
- Set username and email
```
git config --global user.name "username"
git config --global user.email "email"
```
- If using GitHub, change branch from 'master' to 'main'
```
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
```
- Enable colorful output with git
```
git config --global color.ui auto
```
- Set default branch reconciliation behavior to merging 
```
git config --global pull.rebase false
```
- Verify the config
```
git config --get user.name
git config --get user.email
```
# Create an SSH Key for repos
- SSH keys are good for avoiding retyping credentials every time
    - Check to see if there is an existing ssh key
```
ls ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
```
    - if nothing appears, then there is no key and one needs to be made
- Create ssh key
```
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C <youremail>
```
- press enter when asked for what location to store it unless you have a specific location
- add a passphrase and retype it
# Link SSH key to Git
- Find the ssh key input on GitHub or repository website of your choice
- Click on new ssh key and give it a name and leave the window open for the next steps
- Copy the public SSH key
```
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
```
- Paste the key into your settings, it should start with ```ssh-ed25519``` and end with your email
# Change git repository remote
```
git remote set-url origin https://'username':'password'@repositorylink
```
## Using Git
- Check git version by using ```git --version```
- After creating a new repository you can clone it to your current directory by using ``` git clone <repolink>```
- After the cloning, check the url with ```git remote -v``` 
- Use ```git status``` to check the status of the current files within your directory
- To commit to the repo you can use ```git commit -m "Add helloworld.txt"```
- Confirm with ```git status```
- You can use ```git log``` to view the most recent commits
- After creating a file you can use ```git add <filename>``` to add that specific file or ```git add .``` to add all files within the directory that are not on the repo
- We can push the changes to the cloud repository with ```git push origin main```, origin being the remote location and *main* being the branch to upload to
  - Make sure to only push working code
# Git Best Practices
- Atomic commits
  - A commit that includes changes related to only one feature or task of your program.
    - Easily reversible if the commit causes breaking changes
    - Enables you to write more specific commit messages
# Changing the Git Commit Message Editor
- Typing ```git config --global core.editor "code --wait"``` into the terminal will give you the option to use either ```git commit -m <your message here>``` or ```git commit``` without anything extra.

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