GIT 101

Basic Commands

Create a new repository

Navigate in the directory where you want to init a new local git repo:

git init

Adding a remote repo

To push you change on a remote server you have to add the origin:

git remote add origin <link to your repo>

Work with files | Staging

Whenever you create new file or modify existing one you have to stage, commit and push; i’ll show the way i use it (but there are more)

git add .

This command stage all the new/modified file in the working folder Your can add only certain file specifing the file name

git add <filename>

Now we have staged file ready to be committed, you can prepare the commit with the commnad

git commit -m "useful message"

Is good practice writing useful commit message for tracking and rollbacking purpose

The modifies are now ready to be push, so let’s push them on the remote

git push

Branching

Branching is a very useful practice when you use a version-control system, i’ll leave you a more detailed description on how it works here, in this artcle i will only show you the basic command to efficently manage this feature.

Create a branch

Move in your working directory and type the command:

git checkout -b <branch name>

This instruction tell git to create a branch named <branch name>

Enter a branch that alredy exists

To work in a pre-existing branch you can use:

git checkout <branch name>

Ending

For this post is all, maybe i will do a 102 post later this year.

Authors

• @filippo-ferrando