Git & GitHub

Finally! It's 2022 and I'm ready for the 21st century: We're adopting Git - The most popular Distributed Version Control System (VCS)

Git clients

Interacting with repositories like GitHub, SVN or Bitbucket can be done using the command line, but it's more common to use a graphical Git client for this. One of these is Sublime Merge. Since Sublime Text is my default editor, I think I'll try Sublime Merge.

GitHub

In practice, you'll probably spend more time at the website of the Git repository of choice, than of the site of Git itself. We use GitHub. You need a personal GitHub account and you somehow need access to personal repositories, or those of an organisation

Personal Access Token

• A Github Personal Access Token is an alternative for a password, used for replicating through the API. Sublime Merge needs them. You can do so here: https://github.com/settings/tokens
• Cloning a repository with Sublime Merge: I had to provide both my usual GitHub login name and the token.

See also

• Git (2017)
• Sublime Merge

Sources

• https://git-scm.com/ - Official Git home page
• https://linuxhint.com/best_git_gui_clients_ubuntu
• https://git-scm.com/download/gui/linux
• https://github.com
• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token