Use GitHub with GitHub Desktop

To work with GitHub you need:

1. Register an GitHub account and create a repository (GitHub Repository).
2. Install GitHub Desktop , an intuitive tool to manage Local Repository (local data repository).
3. Configure to synchronize data with the GitHub desktop onto Repository server.

See the illustration below:

First you need to register an GitHub account freely . You can go to the homepage of GitHub at:

Signing up for an account is simple, you just need to enter username/password and email address. After registrating, you need to activate your account from email.

After registration of GitHub account is completed , and log on. You can create a GitHub repository.

Repository is created.

GitHub Desktop is essentially a visual tool that allows you to manage the Local Repository on your computer.

To download GitHub Desktop, you access address:

Download Results:

After downloading, you need to install GitHub Desktop on your computer:

GitHub Desktop has been successfully installed.

Log on GitHub Desktop to connect to your GitHub account.

Until this time on your computer does not have a Local Repository.

First it is necessary to choose an empty folder as a location for the local data.

For example:

On GitHub Desktop, choose a Repository you created on GitHub in order to clone a copy at your local computer.

Now on GitHub Desktop, you will see a Local Repository has been created.

Copy some of your data files to the Local Repository:

Immidiately, GitHub Desktop recognises changes at Local Repository.

Enter comment and click Commit data.

The data file you can see on the Server: