In this section of the course, we are going to implement version control.

We want to do this in a professional manner, so let’s begin in our project management system. Open Pivotal Tracker click on the next item in our icebox called "Implement Version Control" . Drag the item to the current tab, and click start. Once you are in the start phase, double click the bar. This will expand the item so you can see the tasks we need to complete. You’ll see we have three things to do to complete this full feature.

-Signup for GitHub
-Create and push to repo
-Add to .gitignore

Sign Up for a GitHub Account

The first task is to sign up for a GitHub account. Go to www.github.com, and sign up using your email address. It's completely free.

If you've never used it before, it’s a pretty cool and easy-to-use interface.

Your profile

You can see your profile by clicking on the plus sign at the right-hand corner.

Here, you can see all that you're working on.

The graphs on your profile page give you statistics on your commits. Click on any square and it'll show you the number of commits you made on that day.

In general, you can see all the work you perform when you go to your profile page.

Overall, I am a big fan of GitHub. I use it on a daily basis and we will be using this repository for our application.