How to Upload Flutter Project on GitHub (2022 Nov)

 

Today I simply explain these,

Topics:

* What is git?

* What is GitHub?

* What are the benefits of using git/GitHub?

* How to use git/GitHub?

* How we can use git/GitHub in our project? (main topic)

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Let's start,

* What is git?

Simply, Git is a version control system (VCS). There are a lot of VCS. Examples:  Marcurial, GitLab, CVS, and more.

What is a version control system?

Version control is a class of systems responsible for managing changes to computer programs,  large websites, or other collections of information. Version control is a component of software configuration management.

Next,

* What is GitHub?

GitHub is an Internet hosting service, where we will host our Flutter project.

* What are the benefits of using git/GitHub?

There are a lot of benefits. There are a few of these,

work offline

Showcase your work

revise code - control version

team collaboration

Integration options

* How to use git/GitHub?

To use git, 

must have installed it in our operating system. 

You can download & install it from here or watch the Video tutorial: here

To use GitHub, 

must have to create a GitHub account and log in to the account.

Create an account from here.

Now, We are going to main topic

* How we can use git/GitHub in our project? 

In this topic, We will discuss: 

How we can use git/GitHub in our project? & How to upload the flutter project on GitHub?

We are going to the main topic

Step 1: Create a Flutter Project or go to your project

Step 2: Open Terminal

Step 3: Step by step all commands to upload the project remotely.

→ 1. git init

→ 2. git add.

→ 3. git commit -m "description"

→ 4. git branch -M branchName

→ 5. git remote add origin repoUrl

→ 6. git push -u origin branchName

Add modified files to that remote project;

Step-1 Step-by-step 3 commands to upload modified files/folders.

→ 1. git add .

→ 2. git commit -m "description"

→ 3. git push -u origin branchName

This way we can upload our project remotely.

Now we'll see how we can bring the repo locally into our system.

There are 2 ways; 1. Git clone, 2. Download zip 

To clone repo: github project → code → copy url → vs code → clone repo

*To download zip : * Github project → code → download zip