The latest articles on DEV Community by Vyonara keiy (@vyonara_keiy_535f4abe0b00). https://dev.to/vyonara_keiy_535f4abe0b00 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4086432%2F3cd0831e-7ea9-47ff-8a26-d4dcd70ae8ad.jpg https://dev.to/vyonara_keiy_535f4abe0b00 en Vyonara keiy Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:17:56 +0000 https://dev.to/vyonara_keiy_535f4abe0b00/understanding-the-git-workflow-3ml https://dev.to/vyonara_keiy_535f4abe0b00/understanding-the-git-workflow-3ml <p>Introduction<br> Hello,I'm currently a data science student and this is my understanding of git workflow, from creating folders on my local computer to adding files, pushing and having them on my github repository.</p> <h2> Working directory </h2> <p>This is the active folder created in the local machine which will have all the files related to the project.<br> We can create a folder on terminal by following the steps,</p> <p>-Launch your terminal<br> -cd desktop :this is to ensure that we are in the desktop folder<br> -mkdir data :this is to create a new folder on desktop<br> -touch school.py :this is to create a python file inside the data folder<br> -git status :this tells us the repository we are working in</p> <h2> Staging </h2> <p>This allows us to prepare to save the files that we have created. We can save a specific file or all files at once. For example;assuming we have three different files eg.schools.py ,books.py ,teachers.py <br> -git add . :this saves all the files in the folder<br> -git add schools.py :this saves only the schools files</p> <h2> Commit </h2> <p>This allows us to save the files from the staging step.<br> .git commit -m "creating schools files"<br> .git commit :saves the files to git hub<br> .-m :this is a message that explains the change that happens in the folder<br> ." " :this briefly explains the change that happened</p> <h2> Push </h2> <p>This allows us to move our work from our local computer to git hub.<br> git push origin main ;origin points us to our online git hub while main is the name of the branch where we are making the changes</p> beginners git learning tutorial