Introduction to Git

A short introduction to Git, created with one of the Rails Girls events in mind.

It goes through the basic workflow:
1) Cloning the repository (git clone).
2) Working on files.
3) What's the situation? (git status)
4) What exactly have I done? (git diff)
5) I want to share these changes (git add)
6) Double-checking (git diff --cached)
7) Making a commit (git commit)
8) Sharing your changes (git push)

Transcript

1. Introduction to Git Łukasz Wróbel
2. About me • Architect, team leader; • high-traffic websites: ◦ nk.pl; ◦ Gadu-Gadu. • “Memoirs of a Software Team Leader”; • @lukaszwrobel
3. Team collaboration
4. How to introduce changes?
5. A designated computer? A server? USB flash drive?
6. Version control Git
7. Repository Common version. Conflict detection.
8. A plethora of possibilities Branches - isolation. Master is the default one.
9. Feature branches “Make this button more shiny”. Features being merged with master.
10. 8 steps to collaboration
11. 1. Cloning the repository » git clone URL
12. 2. Working on files » vim README.md
13. 3. What’s the situation? » git status
14. 3. What’s the situation? » git status # On branch master # 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")
15. 4. What exactly have I done? » git diff +Some important info belongs here. +
16. 5. I want to share these changes. » git add README.md
17. 6. Double-checking » git diff --cached +Some important info belongs here. +
18. 7. Making a commit » git commit -m 'README extended with some vital information'
19. 7. Making a commit » git commit -m 'README extended with some vital information' [master 2964374] README extended with some vital information 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
20. 8. Sharing your changes » git push origin master
21. How to update your copy? You’re not alone after all.
22. » git pull origin master
23. It’s just the beginning.
24. Thank you! @lukaszwrobel