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Make your first three Git commits on GitHub

Git is a time machine for code. Every commit is a saved point you can come back to. Today you will create your first GitHub repo from your phone, push three commits, and end with a public link recruiters can actually click.

45 min·practitioner
Mimi the mascot, encouraging you

Now try it

Make your first three Git commits on GitHub

Stretch

On a laptop install Git via the Replit shell or your terminal. Clone your repo: git clone https URL. Make a fourth commit locally: edit, git add, git commit -m, git push. Save the screenshot of git log.

Goes into your portfolio

A public GitHub repo URL with three visible commits in the commits tab, a screenshot of the commit history, and your hello dot py file with a dated author comment.