Git Basics

Learn How to Use Git In a Simple Way

  • Definition

    Git is the free and open source distributed version control system that's responsible for everything GitHub related that happens locally on your computer. This cheat sheet features the most important and commonly used Git commands for easy reference.

  • INSTALLATION & GUIS

GitHub for Windows

htps://windows.github.com

GitHub for Mac

htps://mac.github.com For Linux and Solaris platforms, the latest release is available on the official Git web site.

Git for All Platforms

htp://git-scm.com

  • SETUP

After Creating an Account on GitHub, you have to add username and email on your computer by gitbash or cmd.

git config --global user.name “[firstname lastname]”
git config --global user.email “[valid-email]”
  • Now Push Your Project On GitHub

    To push your project on github you can do it in cmd prompt or in VS terminal. My reference is Use VS terminal.

  • SETUP & INIT

    initialize an existing directory as a Git repository

git init

show modified files in working directory, staged for your next commit

git status

add all file as it looks now to your next commit (stage)

git add -A

commit your staged content as a new commit snapshot

git commit -m "Your Comment About Changes"

add a git URL as an alias

git remote add origin "GitHub repository Link"

Transmit local branch commits to the remote repository branch

git push origin master

Now Your Code has been Pushed On GitHub, refresh the repo to see all files.