GitHub: What happens after pushing

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Pushing your commits to GitHub means they are now saved on github.com (which you can see also serves as a handy backup for your code in case anything goes wrong on your machine).

There you go:

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There’s a lot on this page, but the first thing we’ll look at is a little icon with a clock and a 1 number:

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Click that, and you’ll have a view of all the commits made to this repository.

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Over time, this view will have a long list of commits, and clicking the commit ID on the right will show the specific changes you made in each commit.

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Lessons in this unit:

0:	Introduction
1:	GitHub issues
2:	Social coding
3:	Pull requests
4:	Project management
5:	Comparing changes
6:	Webhooks and integrations
7:	▶︎ What happens after pushing
8:	Create a GitHub account
9:	Using GitHub desktop
10:	Using Git in VS Code
11:	A developer's introduction to GitHub
12:	How to set up Git and GitHub from Zero
13:	How to authenticate to GitHub using username and password
14:	How to make your first Pull Request on GitHub
15:	Benefits of using Git (and GitHub) as a solo dev