Github is a global repository system which is used for version control. While working with django, if there is need for version management, it is recommended to use github.
In this tutorial, we will create and deploy a django project to the github so that it can be accessible globally.
Before deploying, it is required to have a github account, otherwise create an account first by visiting github.com.
Open the terminal and cd into the project, we want to deploy. For example, our project name is djangoboot. Then
Install Git
we use the following command to install git on our location machine.
$ apt-get install git
Initialize Git
Use the following command to start the git.
$ git init
Provide global user name email for the project, it is only once, we don?t need to provide it repeatedly.
Create File
Create a file .gitignore inside the root folder of django project. And put the following code inside it.
// .gitignore
*.pyc *~ __pycache__ myvenv db.sqlite3 /static .DS_Store
Git Status
Check the git status by using the following command. It provides some detail to the screen.
$ git status
After saving, now execute the following command.
$ git add -all
$ git commit -m "my app first commit"
Push to Github
First login into the git account and create a new repository and initialize with README. See the example.
My repository name is my-django-app. Click on the create repository button. Now repository has created.
On next page, click on the clone button and copy the http url. In my case, it is https://github.com/irfan003/my-django-app.git
Now, use this url with the following command.
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/irfan003/my-django-app.git
$ git push -u --force origin master
provide username and password of git account. It will start pushing project to the repository. We can verify it. See the below screenshot.
See, our django application has deploy successfully on github. Now, we can access it globally.
