GitHub Made Crystal Clear · chapter 1: The GitHub moment
Where is my file right now
2026-09-03
Four places, four commands. Every later diagram in this book is a zoom into one part of this one.
Below: the paragraph from the book that builds this idea, then the diagram itself (Figure 1.2), and a recap. About a minute of reading.
The remote repository is the copy on GitHub. git push "updates the remote repository with any commits made locally to a branch". Until you push, nothing you did exists anywhere but your laptop. That single sentence resolves most of the "I committed it but my teammate cannot see it" confusion.
Recap
- The idea: Four places, four commands.
- The picture: Figure 1.2, from chapter 1 ("The GitHub moment") of GitHub Made Crystal Clear.
- Go deeper: the chapter builds this step by step, with recipes and sources at the end.
This diagram is one of many in GitHub Made Crystal Clear.
Every chapter opens with the gist, draws the hard ideas, and ends with recipes and sources.
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