Using GitHub repositories to store your scripts¶

First, create a new repository¶

Go to github.com, sign in, and select “New repository”.

Second, name your repository.¶

Something like ‘rnaseq-scripts’ is fine! Be sure to check the ‘initialize’ box.

Third, clone your repository¶

Get your GitHub repository url (https://github.com/ctb/rnaseq-scripts.git is mine, in this example);

Then, on your remote UNIX machine, do:

git clone https://github.com/ctb/rnaseq-scripts.git

This will create a new directory named rnaseq-scripts with a single ‘README.md` file in it.

Fourth, add, commit, and push scripts¶

The following commands are useful:

git add script.txt will add the file script.txt into your local git repository.
git commit -am "some message" will save the latest version of the script into your local git repository
git push origin will send your committed versions to github, where they will be safe.

Other commands:

git log will show you your history.
git pull will update your command-line repository from your GitHub account.

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