Git basics — GitHub Administration Certification

The official GITHUB documentation our Git basics practice questions are cited to. Review the primary sources, then practise.

Official references for this objective

Github — Caching your GitHub credentials in Git - GitHub Docs

Git Credential Manager (GCM) is another way to store your credentials securely and connect to GitHub over HTTPS.
Github — Getting started with Git - GitHub Docs

You should almost always switch back to the main branch before creating a new branch, since new branches are created as copies of the currently
Github — Set up Git - GitHub Docs

If you clone with SSH, you must generate SSH keys on each computer you use to push or pull from GitHub.
Github — Setting your username in Git - GitHub Docs

Changing the name associated with your Git commits using git config will only affect future commits and will not change the name used for past