Git - Get Started
Your Identity
After install Git, set your user name and user email as Git uses this info to commit. You’ll need to do it once if you pass in --global flag.
git config --global user.name "John Smith"
git config --global user.email "johnsmith@email.com"
Checking your setting...
List all the settings. E.g. user name and user email.
git config --list
Cloning
Clone a repository.
// clone a remote repo
git clone <url>
// if you want to name the repo something else, specify the name in the next option
git clone <url> my_awesome_stuff
Checking the status of your files
untracked = newly added file
staged/tracked = file pushed to stage/tracked using git add <filename> or git add .
// status of the file
git status
// add untracked file to tracked
git add <filename>
Viewing yoru staged and unstaged changes
To see what you’ve changed but not yet staged
git diff
// See what you've changed that will go to your commit
git diff --staged
Commiting your changes
// To see your files to be commited
git commit
// push it to master
git commit -m "comments"