Git Basics

Summary

Below you will find a collection of articles teaching the basics of Git, the version control system.

These articles assume you have a basic understanding of the terminal.

Articles

Introduction

• Why should I use Git?

Setup

• Install Git*
• Set user name and email address
• Initialize a repo
• Create .gitignore file

Actions

Basic Workflow

• Stage files
• Commit files
• View previous commits
• Basic workflow

Intermediate Workflow

• Create branch
• Switch branch
• Merge branches
• Delete branch
• Intermediate workflow*

Undoing Things

• Undo git init
• Discard changes to file
• Unstage files
• Edit your last commit
• Undo your last commit

* work in progress

** coming soon

Next Steps

After learning Git, you can move on to our GitHub section, which will allow you to back up your local repositories to GitHub and collaborate with other developers.

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