Publish Your Portfolio with Git, GitHub, and GitHub Pages

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Publish your portfolio website for free with Git, GitHub, and GitHub Pages. Learn beginner version control concepts, including commits, branches, pull requests, and merges, while turning your local portfolio into a live website you can share with recruiters. Episode 3 of 10 in Build your personal brand with Copilot. Continue to Episode 4 and explore the full series: https://aka.ms/student-learning-series-website Build your personal brand with Copilot is a beginner-friendly Microsoft Developer series for students. Follow Microsoft employees as they use GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio Code, GitHub Pages, Microsoft Foundry, MCP servers, and agent skills to create, publish, and improve a professional portfolio website. In this episode: 0:00 Welcome and an introduction to version control 3:01 Understanding commits, branches, and merges 7:10 GitHub and remote repositories 8:56 How pushing code and GitHub Pages work 10:00 Creating and configuring a GitHub repository 11:40 Downloading and installing Git 14:00 Cloning the repository with GitHub Desktop 18:32 Adding and pushing the portfolio files 20:49 Creating and reviewing a pull request 23:00 Merging the pull request and deleting the feature branch 24:51 Configuring GitHub Pages 26:02 Visiting the live portfolio website 27:39 Editing and updating the published website 30:42 Recap and what's next Connect with the presenters: Kurt Emrich - Software Engineer at Microsoft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emrichkurt/ Alexander Elguezabal

Published 2026-08-21 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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