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title: Github CLI notes
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# Github CLI notes

> Quick example of how to send changes perfomed on our local computer to github. This needs to be in the github repository on our local computer (so after, e.g., doing `git clone` to get it on our computer). My short notes on setting up github access can be found [here](https://hackmd.io/@astrobiomike/setting-up-github-access).

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## tl;dr

git status
git add *
git commit -m "message about what we changed/added goes here"
git push

This example is with my happy belly github.

## Checking status
`git status` checks if there have been any changes from how it was pulled from github. This is before I made any changes:

git status


After making a change:


## Adding changes to be committed
Things can be added as individual files if wanted, or all changes can be added like so:

git add *

git status


## Committing changes
The `commit` needs to have a message attached to it, useful to describe what we're changing or adding. That an be provided with the `-m` flag as shown here:

git commit -m "small change for git CLI example"


git status


Now the status says we are ahead of "origin/master" (the GitHub repository) by 1 commit.

## Pushing changes to GitHub

git push


And now the changes are updated in GitHub, and anyone can access the latest, e.g: