Create, clone, commit, push

A first experience with Git Bash

This story is very basic. Please be patient as you read it.

Create account

• Visit GitHub website https://github.com/.
• Find on top most right the Sign up button and click it.
• Follow the given instruction on https://github.com/signup.
• Logout to assure you know how to do it.

Sign in

• Visit GitHub website https://github.com/.
• Find on top right the Sign in button and click it.
• Follow the instruction on https://github.com/login.

Create repository

• Sign in to your GitHub account, e.g. dudung.
• Notice on top of your screen the global navigation menu.
• Find the icon with plus sign + choose New repository as follows.

• Fill the repository name, e.g. fisika-di-balik-kopi.
• Fill (optional) the description, e.g. A talk about coffee and physics in Karawang.

• Keep the visibility still Public.
• Add README by turning it on.
• Keep without .gitignore or No .gitignore option.
• Choose license, e.g. MIT License.

• Notice that the new repository is created.

• It is now available on https://github.com/dudung/fisika-di-balik-kopi.

Install Git Bash

• Visit Git website https://git-scm.com/install/.
• Choose the OS of your choice

• Follow the instructions, or other available info (Sharma, 2025).

Open Command Prompt

• On Windows, open File Explorer and navigate to you working folder, e.g. v:\temp.

• Using mouse right click and choose Open in Terminal.

• On the new window Command Prompt, you can list available files, i.e. type dir and press Enter key.

• Notice that there is not any files available.

Open Git Bash

• In the same folder right click and this time choose Show more options.

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• Choose Git Bash Here.

• On the new window MINGW64, you can list the file, i.e. type ls and press enter key.

• Notice that there is not any files available also.

Command Line Interface

Both Command Prompt and Git Bash are CLIs (Command Line Interfaces), but they have different origin and style. The former is Native Microsoft Windows environment, while the latter is Linux / Unix-based emulation (when in Windows).

Clone repository

• Step into the Git Bash window.
• Type following command and get the result as follows.

• List again using ls and get the result.

• Compare the result from local storage to the remote one as follows.

• Notice they are showing the same files in local and remote storage.

Commit

• On Windows use File Explorer to create .gitignore file.

• Edit the file to have following content.

• Back to Git Bash and type git status.

• Add new file using git add and commit with as follows.

• Notice that there is an published work to the remote storage.

Push

• Use git push to upload your local repository commits and internal Git objects to a remote repository, e.g. GitHub.

• View the remote files via web browers as follows.

• Notice that it shows the update file, which is .gitignore.

Summaries

• Steps to create a remote repository on GitHub, clone it to local storage, modify it by adding new file, commit the change, and push the change to GitHub have been presented.
• Guidance to compare the states of local and remote storage also given, in emphasizing the role of git clone and git push.
• The use of git pull has not been discussed.

References

1. -, “Quickstart for your personal dashboard”, GitHub Docs, 2026, url https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.19/account-and-profile/get-started/personal-dashboard-quickstart [20260828].
2. Priyanshu Kumar Sharma, “Step-by-Step Guide to Install Git: A Beginner’s Tutorial”, Medium, 6 Sep 2026, url https://medium.com/p/bda845383e73 [20260828]. Priyanshu Kumar Sharma