How To Use Git (pt 1)

How To Use Git (pt 1)

What is GIT???

Git is a version control system that records/track changes in a file. It is an open source system that can handle large projects efficiently and makes collaboration among team seamless.

How GIT works

Step One: You will need to download it on your operating system from git-scm.com/download

Step Two: Introduce yourself to git so it can store your information upon every commit.

//To do so, use
git config --global user.name <username>
git config --global user.email <email>

Step Three: Create a local repository

//To initialize a local repository
git init

Step Four: Staging your files and changes to your local repository

//Add the files independently
git add <filename>
//Add all the files automatically
git add .

Step Five: To commit your files to your local repository

git commit -m "Commit message"

NOTE: It is a must you add a commit message and if you do not want to add it, leave it as an empty string

Step Six: To push/send your committed files to your remote repository

git push -u origin master