It is possible to manage creating, cloning and syncing your repositories using line commands, but a program like GitHub Desktop can make it easier to see specific differences between versions of files (see 3.e below) and some aren’t comfortable issuing line commands. A specific nice aspect of GitHub Desktop is that you can see your files on multiple repositories including GitHub and github.austin.utexas.edu all together.
- Install GitHub Desktop on your computer by going to desktop.github.com, downloading and installing.
- When you first launch GitHub Desktop it will look like:
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