GIT WORKFLOW

Bonny Mark — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:12:57 +0000

##How it all Operates

I worked a path from creating an empty folder to a live repository,using Git Bash,powershell and SHH authentication insted of typing in the password each time i'm pushing aproject to github.

Where this is going

steps followed in each order?

Create a GitHub account
Set up a project folder
Generate an SSH key
Register the key with GitHub
Create a repo and link your local folder to it

Get a GitHub account

If you don't already have one, head to github.com and sign up — email and your password.

Set up a project folder

Open git bash and enter this commands:

cd Desktop
mkdir my-project
cd my-project

once you're inside your project add a sub folder of data or scripts by running this command:

mkdir data

Inside the the folder we add a READNE.md file by running this command:

touch README.md

Generate an SSH key

Open PowerShell as Administrator first, just to confirm Git is actually installed:

git --version

You'll see averion of the git you have installed if you don't install one before moving to the next step.
Then switch to Git bash and generate the key:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"

We get where to save it and prompted to set a passphrase,you can add a passphrase or skip it and while adding you won't see it add it will be added once you type.

Back to powershell as Administrator:

Get-Service -Name ssh-agent

Start-Service ssh-agent

On powershell close that admin window and open a regular PowerShell window. Add your key to the running agent:

ssh-add C:/Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.ssh/id_ed25519

Add SSH key to GitHub account

copy it manually from you git bash.

On GitHub, go to Settings → SSH and GPG keys → New SSH key. Give it a descriptive title (your PC name) leave the key type as Authentication Key, paste in what you copied and save.

Back in Git Bash, inside your project folder run this commands:

git init

git remote add origin git@github.com

git add .

git commit -m " "

Meaning of each command that helps push a project to gitHub:

git init turns the folder into a Git repository.

git add . adds everything in the current directory for the next commit.

git commit -m "..." saves it with the message described.