<p>The alpha version of Atlas is built on <adata-original-title=""href="http://github.com"title="">GitHub</a>, one of the leading websites for collaborative file management using the <adata-original-title=""href="http://git-scm.com/"title="">git</a> version-control system. What this means for you is:</p>
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<li><strong>You need a GitHub account</strong> in order to use Atlas (but if you've logged into Atlas by now, then you know this already).</li>
<li><strong>You need a GitHub account</strong> in order to use Atlas (but if you've logged into Atlas by now, then you know this already).</li>
<li>You can see <strong>all your personal GitHub repos</strong> in Atlas, as well as all the repos you have permission to access within any organizations.</li>
<li><strong>All changes you make in Atlas will be reflected in GitHub, and vice versa.</strong></li>
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<p><strong>You can use <adata-original-title=""href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Branching-Basic-Branching-and-Merging"title="">branches</a> in Atlas.</strong> On the project dashboard, select the branch you want to edit from the dropdown menu. (However, you cannot currently create new branches through Atlas.)</p>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesbranchespng"src="contents/images/branches.png" /><figcaption>The branches dropdown menu shows all existing branches of your project.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesbranchespng"src="images/branches.png" /><figcaption>The branches dropdown menu shows all existing branches of your project.</figcaption></figure>
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<p>When you sign into Atlas, <strong>the first thing you'll see is a list of all your existing GitHub repos</strong>. If you want to edit or build from an existing project in GitHub, simply find and click the project in the list. To <strong>create a new project</strong>, click the New Project button to the right of the projects list.</p>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesnewprojpng"src="contents/images/newproj.png" /><figcaption>Click the New Project button in your project list to start fresh.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesnewprojpng"src="images/newproj.png" /><figcaption>Click the New Project button in your project list to start fresh.</figcaption></figure>
<p>When you create a new project, <strong>Atlas will create a new <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_(version_control)">repo</a> in your GitHub account</strong>, prepopulated with some skeleton files to help you get started. You can edit those files, delete them, or just ignore them completely and create brand-new files of your own.</p>
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<p>For subsequent builds, you can <strong>use the Quick Build tools from your project dashboard</strong>. Choose the formats you want to build, and Atlas will automatically use the same settings you initially chose on the Build Settings page.</p>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesquickbuildspng"src="contents/images/quickbuilds.png" /><figcaption>The Builds menu on the project dashboard allows you to quickly trigger a build using your previously chosen settings.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesquickbuildspng"src="images/quickbuilds.png" /><figcaption>The Builds menu on the project dashboard allows you to quickly trigger a build using your previously chosen settings.</figcaption></figure>
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<p><strong>To apply a theme to your project</strong>, choose one of the default themes on the Build Settings page, or add a link to your own custom theme.</p>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesthemepng"src="contents/images/theme.png" /><figcaption>Add a design to your project on the Build Settings page.</figcaption></figure>
<figure><imgalt="Alt Text"class="icontentsimagesthemepng"src="images/theme.png" /><figcaption>Add a design to your project on the Build Settings page.</figcaption></figure>