Quick summary
Committing to GitHub lets you save and track changes to files directly in your repository through the browser. This step-by-step walkthrough covers opening a file, editing it, writing a commit message, and pushing the commit to a branch.
Steps
- Open the repository in your browser by navigating to your GitHub dashboard.
- Navigate to the file you want to change and click on it to open it.
- Click the pencil icon to enter edit mode for the file.
- Make your changes, update the file as needed, then click 'Commit changes'.
- Scroll down to the 'Commit changes' section and add your commit message and extended description.
- Choose whether to commit directly to the main branch or create a new branch for your changes.
- Click 'Commit changes' to save your edits to the repository.
- Your commit is now added to the GitHub repository and your change history is updated.
