How to work with git

Step-by-step process

Git is a version control system used to track changes in software development.

How to get started with git?

• Create a directory on your local machine, e.g., git-repos-test

• Move to directory git-repos-test

• cd git-repos-test

• Create a repository on GitHub, e.g., test-git

• Get the repository on your local machine using

• git clone [e-mail]:nitanagdeote/test-git.git

• Move to the repository using
  -cd test-git

• Create a React project or any other inside test-git, e.g., test-git-react-vite-project

• Make changes in your project directory.

• Check the status
  git status
  The result will show if changes are made or not.
  Add the changes using,
  git add .
  Then, commit the changes using,
  git commit -m 'commit name'
The changes can be pushed to the git repository using
  git push
  Create a branch using
  git branch 'branch name'
  Switch to branch using
  git checkout 'branch name'
  To pull changes from the remote git repository
  git pull
  To see how many lines of code has changed
  git diff
  These are the basic commands to get started with git.
  To check if it's a git repo, use
  ls -a

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Definitions
Remote: means the repository hosted on the server
Local: directory on the local machine
Origin: is also the remote repository
git: command line tool

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What will you need to get started?
Terminal window to use the git commands
GitHub

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Resources
Git - Wikipedia
Git () is a distributed version control system that tracks changes in any set of computer files, usually used for…en.wikipedia.org
GitHub: Let's build from here
GitHub is where over 100 million developers shape the future of software, together. Contribute to the open source…github.com