Git basics

Slides from an internal workshop for new staff

Transcript

1. Git The stupid content tracker
2. git init To turn a regular folder into a git repository.
3. git status To see what’s going on at any time.
5. ls -lah View all files and folders in a human friendly format with extra info.
7. Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) README.md nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
8. git add README.md Move changes from the working directory to the staging area.
10. Changes to be committed: (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) new file: README.md
11. git commit -am “message” Move changes from the staging area to the .git directory.
13. On branch master nothing to commit, working directory clean
15. Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) modified: README.md no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/ or "git commit -a")
16. Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) README.md nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
17. Changes not staged for commit: (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) modified: README.md no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/ or "git commit -a")
18. git add README.md
19. git add .
20. GitHub Centrally distributed
22. git clone [name/URL] Make a copy of a repo.
23. git push Push local changes to the remote repository.
24. git pull Pull the latest version of the remote repository to local.