From 97f4ac5770a059120a58f9d80171c01290f14eb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yusha-g Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:05:44 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] corrected grammatical mistakes in 2-github-basics --- 1-getting-started-lessons/2-github-basics/README.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/1-getting-started-lessons/2-github-basics/README.md b/1-getting-started-lessons/2-github-basics/README.md index 50d850ce..2974228c 100644 --- a/1-getting-started-lessons/2-github-basics/README.md +++ b/1-getting-started-lessons/2-github-basics/README.md @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ In this lesson, we'll cover: - tracking the work you do on your machine - working on projects with others -- how to contribute to open source software +- how to contribute to open-source software ### Prerequisites Before you begin, you'll need to check if Git is installed. In the terminal type: `git --version` -If Git is not installed, [download Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads). Then, setup your local Git profile in the terminal: +If Git is not installed, [download Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads). Then, set up your local Git profile in the terminal: * `git config --global user.name "your-name"` * `git config --global user.email "your-email"` @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Let's say you have a folder locally with some code project and you want to start Typically a `git status` command tells you things like what files are ready to be _saved_ to the repo or has changes on it that you might want to persist. 1. **Add all files for tracking** - This also called as staging files/ adding files to the staging area. + This is also called staging files/ adding files to the staging area. ```bash git add . @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Let's say you have a folder locally with some code project and you want to start This command helps us to unstage only a particular file at once that we don't want to include for the next commit. -1. **Persisting your work**. At this point you've added the files to a so called _staging area_. A place where Git is tracking your files. To make the change permanent you need to _commit_ the files. To do so you create a _commit_ with the `git commit` command. A _commit_ represents a saving point in the history of your repo. Type the following to create a _commit_: +1. **Persisting your work**. At this point you've added the files to a so-called _staging area_. A place where Git is tracking your files. To make the change permanent you need to _commit_ the files. To do so you create a _commit_ with the `git commit` command. A _commit_ represents a saving point in the history of your repo. Type the following to create a _commit_: ```bash git commit -m "first commit"