A Git from the Future (Comic)

So far, we've talked about:

• Handling File Changes with Commit and Push
• Working with Branches
• Rewriting Git History with Interactive Rebase

But we haven't talked yet about how Git projects start. When working with Git, we often clone existing projects, since this is part of a typical collaboration workflow. What if we want to bootstrap a whole new project of our own?

In this last comic of the Illustrated Git series, we'll have a recap of previous concepts and commands in a new project workflow using git init:

A git init will initialize a new Git project in the current folder. A .git folder will be created, holding important information about your project's files.

Because you just created a new project instead of cloning an existing one from a remote source, your upstream is still unknown to Git. You'll need to manually set it with a command such as:

git remote add upstream https://github.com/USER/PROJECTNAME.git

Once the remote upstream is set, you can push your commits to your remote Git repository.

I hope you enjoyed this illustrated Git series!

Do you have a suggestion for a new illustrated series? Share in the comments!

Comments

[Madza]

Some people just have raw talent in drawing. 💎
And you're definitely one of them... 💯

[Erika Heidi]

Aw, thank you so much! 💖☺️

[Emilie Gervais]

These posts are beautiful, love the comics! =)
An idea for a next one: git reset?

[Flávio Luche]

Wow! It can't be clearer! Sharing now!

[Keff]

Nice way of teaching 👍👍

[Erika Heidi]

Thank you! 🤩

[Erika Heidi]

Thank you! 😁☺️

[Erika Heidi]

Thank you ☺️💕

[Ronaldo Peres]

Very nice!

[Erika Heidi]

Thank you! ☺️

[Marko Shiva]

Is this comic done by you?
I must say its an amazing comic. Very nice illustration and story line. :)

[Erika Heidi]

Yes, it's all by me both story, illustration and coloring 😊 thank you

[Waylon Walker]

That is an amazing comic. The graphics and the story are so very well done!

[Erika Heidi]

Thank you so much 💞☺️