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Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835463048

Length 384 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Git

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Igor Irić

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started with GitHub FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Version Control and GitHub

3. Chapter 2: Mastering GitHub Essentials

4. Part 2: Collaborative Development Using GitHub

5. Chapter 3: GitHub Features for Collaborating on Projects

6. Chapter 4: Branching in GitHub and Git

7. Chapter 5: Collaborating on Code through Pull Requests

8. Chapter 6: Resolving Merge Conflicts – on GitHub and Locally

9. Part 3: Mastering Git Commands and Tools

10. Chapter 7: Git History and Reverting Commits

11. Chapter 8: Helpful Tools and Git Commands

12. Part 4: Advanced GitHub Functionalities

13. Chapter 9: Leveraging GitHub Actions for Automation

14. Chapter 10: Enhancing GitHub Security Measures

15. Chapter 11: Engaging with the Open Source Community

16. Part 5: Personalizing Your GitHub Experience

17. Chapter 12: Crafting Your GitHub Profile

18. Chapter 13: GitHub Copilot Aiding Code Creation

19. Index

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Showcasing skills and expertise

In this section, we’ll explore a special feature on GitHub that is called a GitHub README profile! This is like your complete biography or CV on GitHub – a space where you can tell the community about yourself, what cool projects you’re working on, and many other details about yourself. Sounds great, but how can you create your own README profile?

Creating your README profile

It’s very simple to make a special repository on GitHub that’s all about you. Just create a new repository with the same name as your GitHub username. Yes – it has to be exactly the same. In my case, the repository is named error505:

Figure 12.5 – Creating a profile repository

As you can see in Figure 12.5, there is a message that automatically displays after typing your username as the name of the repository. The message shows that this repository will be special and asks if you’d like to...