https://github.com/itsjordanmuller/first-git-setup

My first repository, created to setup Git for the first time
https://github.com/itsjordanmuller/first-git-setup

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My first repository, created to setup Git for the first time

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/itsjordanmuller/first-git-setup
• Owner: itsjordanmuller
• Created: 2023-01-13T22:04:52.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-01-14T22:20:10.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-08-01T22:20:55.177Z (over 1 year ago)
• Size: 2.93 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Tutorial Git Setup

The purpose of this repo is the help familiarize myself with Git, as well as [GitHub](https://github.com/ "GitHub")

My first contribution is this bit of explanation. My hope is to be thorough with my documentaiton throughout this process.

I will eventually try to come back and add to this, when I decide that it is worthwhile.

Feel free to suggest anything you can think of, on any of my public projects. I would love to hear your feedback throughout this process.

## First File Creation Success:

Everything worked as planned! I was able to create my very first file & repository with version control on GitHub. Many thanks to the following [markdown-editor](https://markdown-editor.github.io/# "markdown-editor") tool.

## Changing Name of Repo to Reflect Content:

I set the name of the repo to "first-git-setup" rather than "tutorial-git-setup", this change was due to the fact that this is not a tutorial for others.

I also thought it would be a great time to make sure I could rename a repo, and reconnect the repo to my computer with the new name included.

## Switching to Visual Studio Code (VSCode) for My Text Editor

I have made the swap from the great [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ "Notepad++") over to [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/ "Visual Studio Code") based on the recomendations made in the "Text Editors" lesson of [The Odin Project](https://www.theodinproject.com "The Odin Project")

While it is not crucial to use Visual Studio Code, I thought I would try and do everything by the book, until I found something I could then prove to be better. For now, [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/ "Visual Studio Code") should work well for starting out.

## First Line of Git Commit Message Serves as Git Commit Title

I was curious on if I should be adding a new line after the title of the commit, and I made this change to see. Unfortunately, it did not work the way I was anticipating, and so I decided to install the following extension [Commit Message Editor](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=adam-bender.commit-message-editor "Commit Message Editor") to try and commit again with a title seperate from the body text of the commit.

I am not sure if this is the best practice, but I felt that a short title with a longer body text would be the best format, and I did not want the title to run on with "..." AKA elipses and continue/spill into the body.