Connect to a Remote

Local commits are only half the story. Add GitHub as a remote and push your branch. In this lab the push is simulated — the workflow is identical to the real thing.

Validator

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IDLE — checks run live as you type commands; submit when done

01Requirements

live checks

Remote 'origin' points at a github.com URL○
Branch pushed to the remote○

02Walkthrough

10 steps

01
Recreate the repository
Every lab starts from a fresh shell — ~/project doesn't exist yet. mkdir makes it.
mkdir ~/project
02
Enter the repository
Remotes are stored per repository inside .git/config.
cd ~/project
03
Initialize with one commit
A push needs committed work. git init, then give the repository a base commit.
git init
04
Create a file to push
A README is enough — the point of this lab is the remote, not the content.
touch README.md
05
Stage and commit
Stage everything, then record the 'init' commit on main.
git add .
06
Commit
Now there is a commit on main that the later push will upload.
git commit -m "init"
07
Add the remote
git remote add origin <url> stores the URL under the name 'origin' — the conventional name for the repository you cloned from or push to. On GitHub, create an empty repo first and copy its URL.
git remote add origin https://github.com/learner/demo.git
08
Verify the remote
git remote -v lists every remote with its fetch and push URLs. Both should show your github.com URL.
git remote -v
09
Push
git push uploads committed work. -u sets upstream tracking so future pushes can be a bare 'git push'.
git push -u origin main
10
Submit for validation
The validator checks that origin points at github.com.

03Stuck?

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04AI Tutor

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Tell me what you're stuck on — I'll nudge, not solve. Which requirement are you looking at?

04Notebook

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