What is Git?

• Git is distributed version control framework that is free & open source.
• It is used for project collaboration & history exploration.
• It uses cryptographic algorithms to store files & snapshots.

Installation

• Github for Windows: https://windows.github.com
• Github for Mac: https://mac.github.com
• Git for all platforms: https://git-scm.com

Setup

• git config --global user.name "[firstname lastname]"
• git config --global user.email "[valid-email]"

Initializing

git init

• initialize an existing directory as a Git repository.

  git clone [url]

  • retrieve an entire repository from a hosted location via URL.

Staging area

git status

• Show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit.

  git add [file]

• add a file as it looks now to your next commit (stage).

  git commit -m "[descriptive message]"

  • commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot.

Branch

git branch [branch-name]

• create a new branch at the current commit.

For Sharing

git push

• Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch.

For Tracking path changes

git rm [file]

• delete the file from project & stage the removal for commit.

  git mv [existing-path] [new-path]

• change an existing file path & stage the move.