A Github repository is basically a folder designed to store files. It is also available online for anyone to download, access, and contribute to the files/code within the folder.

Jack Wallen shows how to use the .gitconfig file for global git configurations and a more efficient developer setup.

Folks who use GitHub will soon find out how important the Gitignore file is. This article will explain what it is and how to create one.

This tutorial explains how to use the git remote add origin command to connect a local project or repository to a service like GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket.

Note that the .zip file does not come with the .git directory in it (at least from BitBucket -- I don't know how github or gitlab behave in this respect) so there's no actual repo behind it; just ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to add a GitHub shortcut to a Jira project so you can view information about branches, commits and pull requests.