Git/C3/Hosting-Git-Repositories/English

Title of script: Hosting Git Repositories

Author: Priya K

Keywords: Video tutorial, Git, GitHub, repository, creating repository, adding files, commits, releases, creating branches, creating tags

Visual cue	Narration
Slide 1: Hosting Git Repositories	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Hosting Git Repositories.
Slide 2:Learning Objectives	In this tutorial, we will learn about Git repository hosting services Creating a GitHub account Creating a repository in GitHub and Creating a tag in the repository
Slide 3: System requirement	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 14.04 and Firefox web browser You can use any browser of your choice.
Slide 4: Pre-requisites	For this tutorial, you will need a working Internet connection. You should also have basic knowledge of Git commands. If not, for relevant Git tutorials, please visit the link shown.
Slide 5: Git repository hosting services	First let us learn about Git repository hosting services. There are many web-based hosting services available such as Bitbucket, CloudForge and GitHub. Here you can import your Git repositories free of cost. They provide a centralized location to share your repository, so that many people can collaborate on a project easily. They allow you to download and study other's projects free of cost.
Slide 6: Why GitHub	Next we will see why to use GitHub. GitHub has become the most popular website for housing Open Source Software. In GitHub you can view, discuss and review changes with your team effectively. The procedure used in GitHub, will be similar to other free Git hosting websites. You can explore them yourself later. <<PAUSE>>
	Next we will learn how to create an account in GitHub.
Open web browser >> type www.github.com >> press Enter	Open your web browser and go to www.github.com.
Point to homepage	Here in the homepage, you have to give your details for registration.
Type priya-spoken as user name priyaspoken@gmail.com as emailid	I will type, priya-spoken as user name and priyaspoken@gmail.com as email id. Please type your prefered user name and valid email id.
Type a password	Then I will type my password. You can give any password as per your choice.
Click on Sign up for GitHub button	Now click on Sign up for GitHub button at the bottom right.
Highlight Step 2 Click on Free	Next in Step 2, we have to choose our plan. I will choose Free plan as I want to use the free service.
Click on Finish sign up button	Now click on Finish sign up button.
	Next we will create a repository in GitHub.
Point to New repository button in right side box >> click on it	You can see a New repository button in the right side box. Click on it.
Point to the verification message	It shows a message “Please verify your email address”. GitHub will send a verification mail to our registered email id. So we have to open our email account and click on the email which is sent by GitHub.
Open the Gmail account	I have already signed-in to my email id which is registered with GitHub. Let me open it.
Point to the GitHub mail	I have an email from GitHub. Let me click on it. The subject line says, “Please verify your email address”. If the mail is not found in your Inbox, please check your Spam or Junk folders.
Click on Verify email address button	Now, click on Verify email address button.
On GitHub verification page	We are redirected to the GitHub Homepage. This indicates that we have successfully created our account in GitHub. <<PAUSE>>
	We will try to create a repository in GitHub.
Click on New repository button	Now click on New repository button in the right side box. You can see that now we are able to create repository.
Type stories in Repository Name	Let us type “stories” as Repository Name.
Point to Description field	If you want to give any description about the repository, we can do so here.
Click on Public option	Next, I will choose Public option, which is free of cost.
Click on Private option and show the payment details.	If we choose Private option, we have to pay some fees to keep our repository private. This means that other users cannot find and download our repository.
Again click on Public	Let me click on Public again.
Click on Initialize this repository with a README box.	Click on this checkbox, Initialize this repository with a README. This will create a readme file. In this file, you can write information about the usage of code or installation instructions. It will be useful for all the collaborators.
Point to the message “Skip this step if you’re importing an existing repository”	However, if we are importing an existing repository, this box should be unchecked.
Now click on Create repository button	Now click on Create repository button.
Highlight User name and repository name	You can see the repository name along with your user name has been created successfully. <<PAUSE>>
Point to README.md file Highlight on README.md file Point the readme writer area	Once the repository is created, you can see the readme file label at the left bottom. We will write some information in this file later.
Point to commit, branch and contributor	By default, we can see a commit (i.e) Initial commit, one branch (i.e) master branch and one contributor. You can click on each link and explore them at your convenience.
	Now, let us start working in this repository.
Click on New file button	We will begin by adding a file to our repository. Click on New file button in the middle panel.
Type kids-story.html	A new form opens up for creating a file. Here I will give the file name as kids-story.html.
Copy and paste the code into the file	I will copy and paste some code into this file, from my Writer document, which I had saved earlier. Likewise, you can add some content into your file.
	Let's commit this new file now.
Scroll down the page	Scroll down the page to give the commit message.
Point to the commit message field	Here in the commit message field, you can see the default message Create kids-story.html.
	You can keep the default message or type a new message. I will keep the default message.
In the extended description, type Added first file of the repository	Here in the next field, you can also give an extended description of the commit. So here, I will type: Added first file of the repository.
Point to master branch	By default, we commit to the master branch.
Click on Commit new file button	Now click on Commit new file button.
Point to kids-story.html	Our new file kids-story.html is added to the repository. <<PAUSE>>
Point to 2 commits	Notice that now the commit number is increased to two.
Click on 2 commits	Let’s click on it.
Point to the three dots	Here you can see three dots next to the commit message.
Click on the three dots	Let me click on it.
Point to the description	It shows the description of the commit.
Click on Create kids-story.html	To know what we have done in the commit, click on that particular commit message.
Point to the details	Now you can see the details of the commit.
Go back	Let’s go back to the commit list. For this click on the left arrow button at the top left corner of the browser.
Point to hash value	On the right side, you can see the hash value of the commit.
Click on Code tab	Click on Code tab at the top left corner to come back to the repository. <<PAUSE>>
	Next let me demonstrate how to create a new branch in GitHub.
Click on Branch drop down.	In the left side, you can see a dropdown list labeled Branch. Click on it to create a new branch.
Point to Find or create a branch field.	You can see a pop-up window opens up. In the pop-up window, you can see Find or create a branch field.
Type new-chapter in branch name field	I will type new-chapter as the new branch name and press Enter.
Point to Branch: new-chapter	You can see that the new-chapter branch is created and it is our current branch. <<PAUSE>>
	Next, we will make a commit in the new-chapter branch to understand the branching process better. Let’s make some changes in kids-story.html file for demonstration purpose.
Click on kids-story.html file	In the repository, click on kids-story.html file to open it.
Point to edit icon >> click on it	At the top right corner of the editor panel, you can see an edit icon. Click on it to edit this file.
Copy and paste the lines	I will add some lines here which I have copied from my Writer document. You can do so likewise.
Point to commit message	Now, we will commit this change. I will keep the default commit message as it is.
Point to new-chapter branch	Here you can see the branch name new-chapter where this commit was made.
Click on Commit changes button	To commit, click on Commit changes button.
Click on Code tab	Let’s click on Code tab to go back to our repository.
	Next let’s checks the commits of master and new-chapter branches.
Click on commits link	Click on commits link.
Point to Branch dropdown	Here in the Branch drop down, we can select the branch name that we want to see.
Select master branch Point to the commits	I will select master branch in the list. Once it is selected, the commits of the master branch will be listed.
Select new-chapter branch Point to the commits	To see the commits of new-chapter branch, we will select new-chapter in the Branch drop down. Now you can see the commits of new-chapter branch. <<PAUSE>>
Click on Code tab	Let’s click on Code tab to go back to our repository.
	Next let us see how to create a tag in GitHub. We already know that tagging is used to mark a commit stage as important.
Click on releases link	For example say, I want to create a tag in the master branch after adding kids-story.html file. To create a tag, first click on releases link.
Click on Create a new release button	Click on Create a new release button.
In the Tag Version box, type V1.0.	A new form opens up. In the Tag Version box, type V1.0.
In the Release title box, type Version one.	In the Release title box, type Version one.
Point to Write tab Type “This is the version one”	In the Write box we can give the description of our tag. I will type “This is the version one”.
Click on Publish release button	Now click on Publish release button.
Point to hash value	Here on the left side, you can see the hash value of the latest commit. We already know that by default, the tag will be created in the latest commit. <<PAUSE>>
	With this, we come to the end of this tutorial.
Slide 7: Summary	Let us summarize. In this tutorial, we have learnt about Importance of online Git hosting services Creating a GitHub account Creating a repository in GitHub and Creating a tag in the repository
Slide 8: Assignment	As an assignment Create a repository in GitHub Add few files to the repository Edit the files and do some commits and Try to create branches and tags in the repository
Slide 9: Acknowledgement	The video at the following link summarises the Spoken Tutorial project. Please download and watch it.
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Slide 11: Acknowledgement	Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India. More information on this Mission is available at the following link.
	This is Priya from IIT Bombay signing off. Thanks for joining.

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