GitHub Terminology

The previous lesson has already introduced you to the concept of a Local Repository and a Remote Repository. The following table summarizes other common terminology and what these terms mean in the context of Git:

Term Description
Local Repository You have a local repository on your computer 
Remote Repository GitHub hosts remote repositories 
Push You can push from your local repository to a remote repository 
Pull You can pull from a remote repository to a local repository 
Pull Request You can make a pull request, asking someone to pull your repository into theirs 

Illustration showing Local and Remote areas of Git, with commands git push from Remote to Local and git pull Local to Remote.

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