Welcome to Git (The Stupid Content Tracker)
"git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.
By - Ashish Singh
Engineer at NextFuturegenz
What is Git ?
Git is a powerful version control system that is widely used in software development to manage source code. It is a distributed version control system, which means that multiple people can work on the same project simultaneously and Git will manage the changes made by each person. Git was created by Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux operating system, and is now maintained by the community.
Getting Started with Git
Before you start using Git, you need to install it on your computer. Git can be installed on Windows, Mac, and Linux machines Tutorial. Once you have Git installed, you can use the command line interface to interact with Git.
Here are 10 basic Git commands that you can use to get started
init - The first command you will need to use is git init.
This command initializes a new Git repository. To use it, navigate to the directory
where you want to create the repository and run the command.
$ git init
clone - If you want to work on an existing Git repository,
you can use the git clone command to create a copy of the repository on your computer.
To use it, navigate to the directory where you want to clone the repository and run the
command followed by the URL of the repository.
$ git clone
add - After making changes to your code, you can use the
git add command to add those changes to the staging area. This tells Git that you want
to include those changes in the next commit. To use it, run the command followed by the
name of the file you want to add or use the -A option to add all changes.
$ git add
commit - Once you have added your changes to the staging
area, you can use the git commit command to create a new commit. This takes a snapshot
of your code at that point in time and saves it to the Git repository. To use it, run
the command followed by a commit message describing the changes you made.
$ git commit
status - To check the status of your repository, you can
use the git status command. This tells you which files have been modified, which files
are staged, and which files are not tracked by Git.
$ git status
log - If you want to see a history of the commits made to
your repository, you can use the git log command. This shows you a list of all the
commits, including the commit message, author, date, and unique identifier.
$ git log
branch - If you want to create a new branch in your
repository, you can use the git branch command. This allows you to work on different
parts of your code simultaneously without interfering with each other. To use it, run
the command followed by the name of the new branch.
$ git branch
checkout - Once you have created a new branch, you can use
the git checkout command to switch to that branch. This allows you to work on the code
in that branch without affecting the code in other branches. To use it, run the command
followed by the name of the branch you want to switch to.
$ git checkout
merge - After making changes in a branch, you can use the
git merge command to merge those changes into another branch. This allows you to
incorporate the changes made in one branch into another branch. To use it, run the
command followed by the name of the branch you want to merge into the current branch.
$ git merge
push - If you want to push your changes to a remote Git
repository, you can use the git push command. This sends your changes to the remote
repository so that others can access them. To use it, run the command followed by the
name of the remote repository and the name of the branch you want to push.
$ git push