Question

Alright, so I have started using Github to easily share my code, and to keep track of updates. My main problem is that I have put my code in my repo, but I am not sure how to update it without saving the updates as a different file, and then pushing that to my repo.

Short version: Is there a way to update my code without pushing a whole new file.

Answer 1

Your question isn’t very clear but if I’m understanding you correctly, you can do the following:

• Edit the files you need to change
• Do git add for each file to make git track the changes i.e. add the files to the staging area.
• When you’re ready to commit, do git commit to commit the changes. This will commit locally.
• When you are ready to push up to github, do a git push. Git is smart about sending up the changes, not whole files.

Git takes a while to understand and it sounds like you’re not there yet. I would spend some time going through at least the first few chapters of the Pro Git book, which is available free online at http://progit.org/book/.

Hope this helps.