Understanding Git Workflows

Eduxic — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:09:51 +0000

Over the past two days, we have been learning how to use git and Github.

Definition and Introduction to Git

Git is a version control tool that is used to track changes made in a file.
It is mostly used for collaboration between programmers.
Git has a workflow made up of various stages;

Working Directory
Staging
Commit
Push

1. Working Directory

This is where the file resides in the folder in your actual device. It is where you create, open, edit and delete files.
There are two types of files in the working directory;

Untracked files; these are files that have not been added to the git tracking system.
Tracked files; these are files that are in an initialized git repository. You initialize a repository by running the git init command

2. Staging Area

This is like a preview area for conducting reviews and organizing changes before adding them to your project history. It tells git what should be included in your next commit.

3. Commit

These are messages containing a brief description of the changes you made to a file.
The command for commit is git commit -m "Your message"

4. Push