Git for Beginners: Basics and Essential Commands

Git is distributed version control system

Uses of Git

• Track changes in files in local storage

• Have a check point (as same as the video game have check point to save the progress of game) helps to backward movement in any check point

• Collaborative works get easier with Git

• Work backed up

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Why Git

• Version Control

  Helps to move backward and forward across project version

• Collaboration

  Helps to multiple developer can work in project parallel

• Branching Support

  Have a separate section to do experiment without affecting the actual code base

• Provide Backup

  Store in repository(folder)

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Git basic and Core Terminologies

• Repository(repo)

  A files/folder contains the code

• Commit(Snapshot)

  Project Snapshot at a point of time

• Branch ( Separate section)

  A separate line of development (main or master)

• Staging Area

  Area where changes are prepared before commiting

• Head

  Pointer pointing the current branch

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Git basic Commands

• git init

  Initialize Git and creating a new git repo in current folder

• git status

  gives the output of modified ,staged and untracked files

• git add filename

  adding file to staging area

• git commit -m “message here”

  command to commit changes

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Git Workflow

1. create project folder

2. Run git init

3. Create /edits files

4. Run git status to see changes

5. Stage the file using git add

Commit the changes using git commit

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