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Welcome to the GitHub Help site

Here we have compiled many guides to help you set up and use git and GitHub.

This site is a work in progress.

Guides

Use the sidebar on the right side of this site to access our guides!

If you would like to submit your own guides, please fork our repo and send pull requests to tekkub

We are in the process of moving guides over from the old wiki.

Getting help

There are a number of resources available to help you learn git or fix issues with GitHub:

GitHub

GitHub Support — Resolve issues with GitHub or get help with basic git issues.
Contact GitHub — Don’t feel like making an account on support.github.com? This is your direct line to us.
GitHub Google Group — Ask the community for help
GitHub Status — Is GitHub down, or is it just me?

Git

Pro git
git-scm
git man pages — In-depth documentation for every git command.
git user’s manual
Learn.GitHub — Git tutorials for beginners and experts.
git ready — Little tips and hints for using git.

Setup

Installing git (OSX): How to install git on OSX
Generating SSH keys: How to generate SSH keys and add them to GitHub
Troubleshooting SSH issues: Solutions to common SSH issues
Setting user name, email and GitHub token: Configure your local git installation so that commits are linked to your GitHub account
Installing Git HTML help: How to install the local git HTML help files
Working with SSH key passphrases: SSH key passphrases, why you should use them, and how to avoid re-entering them
Dealing with line endings: How to ensure that line endings are consistent in your repo

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting SSH issues: Solutions to common SSH issues
Fixing egit corruption: How to fix corruption in a remote repo caused by egit
Testing webhooks: How to test post-receive webhook calls from your repo

Repos

Deleting a repo: How to remove a repo from your GitHub account
Moving a repo: How to move a repo from one account to another
Removing sensitive data: Dealing with accidentally committed passwords or other sensitive information
Splitting a subpath out into a new repo: How to generate a new repo from a subpath, retaining history.
Working with subtree merge: How to use subtree merge to merge one repo into another as a subpath.

Collaborating

Forking a project: How to fork a project, submit changes, and pull from other repos in the fork network
Post-Receive Hooks: Working with GitHub's post-receive web hooks.
Testing webhooks: How to test post-receive webhook calls from your repo

Mac

Installing git (OSX): How to install git on OSX
Generating SSH keys (OSX): Setting up SSH keys on Mac OSX
Working with SSH key passphrases: SSH key passphrases, why you should use them, and how to avoid re-entering them
Dealing with line endings: How to ensure that line endings are consistent in your repo

Windows

Generating SSH keys (Win/msysgit): Setting up SSH keys with msysgit on Windows
Working with SSH key passphrases: SSH key passphrases, why you should use them, and how to avoid re-entering them
Dealing with line endings: How to ensure that line endings are consistent in your repo

Linux

Generating SSH keys (Linux): Setting up SSH keys on Linux
Dealing with line endings: How to ensure that line endings are consistent in your repo

Other

Userscripts and Bookmarklets: Various bits of code to enhance and personalize GitHub

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