A Github repository is an online folder which includes all previous versions of the files in the folder. As an example, this is the 0x20 Hack the Hackerspace repository. This image below shows some of the files in this repository.
When you click on a file, you see a preview of that file.
If you want to see all the previous versions of a file, click on it and click on the "history" button in the top right.
In a git repository, all changes to a file are recorded as "commits". Each commit has a name and a description which explains what has changed in that commit. Each commit also shows which user changed the file.
If you click on a name of a commit in the "history" screen, you see the changes for that specific commit.
Lines with a + in front of them are added by that commit.
Lines with a - in front of them are removed by that commit.
When a line is changed, it is shown as the old line being removed and the new line being added.
What is Markdown?
The text of Hack the Hackerspace is written in Markdown. Markdown is a format to write text files which can be easily converted to beautiful pdfs and web pages. All the text you can write on Github is markdown. This issue is written in Markdown and you can write your thoughts on this issue below using Markdown.
We need documentation that describes how you can contribute to Hack the Hackerspace. Below is a proposal for the documentation.
What is Github?
Github is a website where people write text together. It's like a merge between Google Docs, Dropbox and Facebook.
Who uses Github?
A lot of IT companies and IT people. And some non-IT companies and people
Well, almost every software company. A lot of large software companies use Github to create open source software. Some examples:
A Github repository
A Github repository is an online folder which includes all previous versions of the files in the folder. As an example, this is the 0x20 Hack the Hackerspace repository. This image below shows some of the files in this repository.
When you click on a file, you see a preview of that file.
If you want to see all the previous versions of a file, click on it and click on the "history" button in the top right.
In a git repository, all changes to a file are recorded as "commits". Each commit has a name and a description which explains what has changed in that commit. Each commit also shows which user changed the file.
If you click on a name of a commit in the "history" screen, you see the changes for that specific commit.
+in front of them are added by that commit.-in front of them are removed by that commit.What is Markdown?
The text of Hack the Hackerspace is written in Markdown. Markdown is a format to write text files which can be easily converted to beautiful pdfs and web pages. All the text you can write on Github is markdown. This issue is written in Markdown and you can write your thoughts on this issue below using Markdown.